Exposure and effects of perfluoroalkyl compounds on tree swallows nesting at Lake Johanna in east central Minnesota, USA

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-562

  Custer, Christine M ^a   Custer, Thomas W ^a   Schoenfuss, Heiko L ^b   Poganski, Beth H ^b   Solem, Laura ^c  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Perfluoroocatane sulfonate; PFCs; PFOS; Reproductive effects; Tachycineta bicolor

Indexed keywords

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL COMPOUND; PERFLUOROBUTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOATE; PERFLUORODECANOATE; PERFLUORODODECANOATE; PERFLUOROHEPTANOATE; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXANOATE; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROPENTANOATE; PERFLUOROUNDECANOATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HATCHING; INFERTILITY; LAKE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SWALLOW (BIRD); TACHYCINETA BICOLOR; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; LAKES; LIVER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MINNESOTA; OVUM; PASSERIFORMES; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

EID: 84861526109     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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