Exposure and effects assessment of resident mink (Mustela vison) exposed to polychlorinated dibenzofurans and other dioxin-like compounds in the Tittabawassee River Basin, Midland, Michigan, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2076-2087

  Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a   Kay, Denise P ^b   Moore, Jeremy ^a   Beckett, Kerrie J ^c   Khim, Jong Seong ^d   Newsted, John L ^b   Roark, Shaun A ^b   Giesy, John P ^a,d,e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX   (United States)

^c Woodlot Alternatives   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

2,3,7,8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin equivalents; Hazard assessment; Jaw lesions; Mink; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

2,3,7,8-TETRACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN EQUIVALENTS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; JAW LESIONS; MINK; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAMMAL; PCDF; RIVER BASIN; TOXICITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HISTOLOGY; JAW DISEASE; LIVER; MALE; MINK; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEX RATIO; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANURA; ASTACOIDEA; BENZOFURANS; DIET; DIOXINS; FEMALE; FISHES; GROWTH; LIVER; MALE; MICHIGAN; MINK; POPULATION; REPRODUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; TITTABAWASSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 51849132414     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-489.1     Document Type: Article

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