Effects of developmental exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and/or polybrominated diphenyl ethers on cochlear function

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-168

  Poon, Emily ^a   Powers, Brian E ^b   Mcalonan, Ruth M ^a   Ferguson, Duncan C ^a   Schantz, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory system; DPOAE; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; LACTATION; LONG EVANS RAT; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LACTATION; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; THYROXINE; WEANING;

EID: 84155187507     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr214     Document Type: Article

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