Toxicity and immune system effects of dietary deltamethrin exposure in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum)

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 518-526

  Froese, Jennifer M W ^a,c   Smits, Judit E G ^b   Forsyth, Douglas J ^c   Wickstrom, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; DELTAMETHRIN; GLOBULIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERSALIVATION; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; KIDNEY MASS; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SALAMANDER; SPLEEN WEIGHT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TREMOR; WRITHING TEST;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LETHAL DOSE 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MITOGENS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NITRILES; ORGAN SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PYRETHRINS; RESPIRATORY BURST;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; IRIDOVIRUS;

EID: 62249145553     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390802706363     Document Type: Article

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