Agriculture alters gonadal form and function in the toad Bufo marinus

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1526-1532

  McCoy, Krista A ^a,b,c   Bortnick, Lauriel J ^b   Campbell, Chelsey M ^b   Hamlin, Heather J ^b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a,b   St Mary, Colette M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute ^*  (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Endocrine disruption; Intersex; Pesticides; Secondary sexual traits

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; ESTRADIOL; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; LAND USE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SKIN COLOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TOAD; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GONAD; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; ESTRADIOL; GONADS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58849084600     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11536     Document Type: Article

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