Thyroid disruption in the lizard Podarcis bocagei exposed to a mixture of herbicides: A field study

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-165

  Bicho, Rita C ^a   Amaral, Maria José ^a,b   Faustino, Augusto M R ^c   Power, Deborah M ^d   Rêma, Alexandra ^c   Carretero, Miguel A ^b   Soares, Amadeu M V M ^a   Mann, Reinier M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

EDC; Field study; Reptile; Terrestrial ecotoxicology; Testes; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; BENTAZON; DICAMBA; DIMETHENAMID; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; MESOTRIONE; TERBUTYLAZINE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; PESTICIDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARD; MAIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PODARCIS BOCAGEI; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; THYROID DISRUPTION; THYROID FOLLICLE; UPREGULATION;

ACETAMIDES; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HERBICIDES; LIZARDS; MALE; PORTUGAL; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID GLAND; UP-REGULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PORTUGAL;

LACERTIDAE; MAMMALIA; PODARCIS BOCAGEI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871619139     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: 15733017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-1012-2     Document Type: Article

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