Toxicity reference values for mink exposed to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) equivalents (TEQs)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-349

  Blankenship, A L ^a,b   Kay, D P ^a   Zwiernik, M J ^c   Holem, R R ^a   Newsted, J L ^a   Hecker, M ^a,c   Giesy, J P ^c,d,e  

^a ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Ecological risk assessment; Furans; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE;

DIET; DIOXIN; MUSTELID; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEASUREMENT; MINK; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTION; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; DIET; DIOXINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MINK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

MUSTELA; TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 39749170661     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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