Dietary contaminant exposure affects plasma testosterone, but not thyroid hormones, vitamin A, and vitamin E, in male juvenile arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus)

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

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1298-1313

  Hallanger, Ingeborg G ^a   Jørgensen, Even H ^b,c   Fuglei, Eva ^d   Ahlstrøm, Øystein ^e   Muir, Derek C G ^f   Jenssen, Bøjrn Munro ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FAT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RETINOL; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOX; MALE; MINKE WHALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VULPES LAGOPUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARCTIC REGIONS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOXES; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84867565619     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.709445     Document Type: Article

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