Tissue-based risk assessment of great blue heron (Ardea herodias) exposed to PCDD/DF in the Tittabawassee River floodplain, Michigan, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2544-2558

  Seston, Rita M ^a   Fredricks, Timothy B ^a   Tazelaar, Dustin L ^a   Coefield, Sarah J ^a   Bradley, Patrick W ^a   Newsted, John L ^b   Kay, Denise P ^b   Fitzgerald, Scott D ^a   Giesy, John P ^a,c,d   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Avian; Dioxins; Furans; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tissue exposure

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BLOOD; FLOODS; HISTOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

AVIAN; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; DIOXINS; FURANS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POPULATION-LEVEL EFFECTS; TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES;

TISSUE;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AGE CLASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CLUTCH SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; NESTLING; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WADER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPOSURE; LIVER; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; TISSUE TYPES;

MICHIGAN; TITTABAWASSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ARDEA HERODIAS; AVES;

EID: 78649618644     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.319     Document Type: Article

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