Morphological and functional changes in the thyroid gland of methyl thiophanate-injected lizards, Podarcis sicula

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 254-261

  Sciarrillo, Rosaria ^a   De Falco, Maria ^b   Virgilio, Francesca ^b   Laforgia, Vincenza ^b   Capaldo, Anna ^b   Gay, Flaminia ^b   Valiante, Salvatore ^b   Varano, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOPHANATE METHYL; THYROTROPIN;

BIOMONITORING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNGICIDE; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASMA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PODARCIS SICULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIZARDS; MALE; THIOPHANATE; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TOXICITY TESTS, CHRONIC; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; PODARCIS SICULA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 45849125818     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9116-z     Document Type: Article

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