Chronic exposure of Rana pipiens tadpoles to UVB radiation and the estrogenic chemical 4-tert-octylphenol

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 134-144

  Croteau, Maxine C ^a   Martyniuk, Christopher J ^a,b   Trudeau, Vance L ^a   Lean, David R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORELIMB; FROG; METAMORPHOSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TADPOLE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOLS; RANA PIPIENS; SPINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 37249039069     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701613330     Document Type: Article

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