Thyroid axis disruption in juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta) exposed to the flame retardant β-tetrabromoethylcyclohexane (β-TBECH) via the diet

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7923-7927

  Park, Bradley J ^a   Palace, Vince ^a,b   Wautier, Kerry ^a   Gemmill, Bonnie ^b   Tomy, Gregg ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; BROWN TROUTS; DEPURATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HIGH DOSE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SALMO TRUTTA;

ANIMALS; CELLS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NUTRITION;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

BETA TETRABROMOETHYLCYCLOHEXANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; LIOTHYRONINE; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BROMINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; JUVENILE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BROWN TROUT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYPERTROPHY; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; TROUT;

SALMO TRUTTA;

EID: 80052734846     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201530m     Document Type: Article

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