Histopathological effects of chronic aqueous exposure to bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) to environmentally relevant concentrations reveal thymus atrophy in European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2587-2593

  Grinwis, G C M ^a   Wester, P W ^b   Vethaak, A D ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Morphometry; Platichthys flesus; Thymus; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; THYMUS; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIFOULING PAINT; FOULING; LIVER;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BIS(TRIBUTYLTIN) OXIDE; WATER;

ANTIFOULING AGENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FLATFISH; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MARINE POLLUTION; MORPHOMETRY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILL; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; SPLEEN; TESTIS; THYMUS ATROPHY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH DISEASES; FLOUNDER; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; THYMUS GLAND; TRIALKYLTIN COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 68049089780     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.025     Document Type: Article

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