Toxicological responses of red-backed salamanders (Plethodon cinereus) to subchronic soil exposures of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1393-1398

  Bazar, Mathew A ^a   Quinn Jr , Michael J ^a   Mozzachio, Kristie ^b   Johnson, Mark S ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Biotechnics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

2,4,6 Trinitrotoluene; Amphibian; Salamander; Soil; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; CANNING; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SUPPLY; OCEAN HABITATS; SOILS; WEIGHING;

AMPHIBIAN SPECIES; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER (DMTRXR); DRY WEIGHT (DW); ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; FEED INTAKE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; RED BLOOD CELL (RBC); SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SUBCHRONIC; SYNTHESIS (OF CHIRAL IONIC LIQUIDS); TOXICOLOGICAL RESPONSES; TRAINING EXERCISES; TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT); WORLD WAR I;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EXPLOSIVE; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOINDICATOR; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLY; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST; TOXICOLOGY; TRINITROTOLUENE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALAMANDER; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; WEAPON;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; COLOR; HEMATOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPLEEN; TOLUENE; TRINITROTOLUENE; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; PLETHODON CINEREUS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 45249087910     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-547.1     Document Type: Article

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