The feline thyroid gland: A model for endocrine disruption by polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)?

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 201-212

  Mensching, Donna A ^a   Slater, Margaret ^b   Scott, John W ^c   Ferguson, Duncan C ^a   Beasley, Val R ^a  

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

^b ASPCA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANNED FOOD; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HYPERTHYROIDISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID GLAND; TOXIC GOITER;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DUST; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 84858060534     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.652054     Document Type: Article

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