Suppressed adrenocortical responses and thyroid hormone levels in birds near a mercury-contaminated river

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 6031-6038

  Wada, Haruka ^a   Cristol, Daniel A ^b   Mcnabb, F M Anne ^a   Hopkins, William A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADVERSE EFFECT; CONTAMINATED SITES; ENDOCRINE FUNCTIONS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; REFERENCE LEVELS; REFERENCE SITES; THYROID HORMONES; TREE SWALLOW; VIRGINIA; WET WEIGHT;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; HORMONES; MERCURY (METAL); PLASMAS; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

LIOTHYRONINE; MERCURY; THYROXINE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; HORMONE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NESTLING; PASSERINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FOOD INTAKE; INSECTIVORE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SWALLOW (BIRD); THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MERCURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VIRGINIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AVES; TACHYCINETA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68049148775     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803707f     Document Type: Article

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