Toxicokinetics of polybrominated diphenyl ethers across life stages in the northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1631-1640

  Cary, Tawnya L ^a   Karasov, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Elimination; Persistent organic pollutant; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ELIMINATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); TOXICOKINETICS;

HISTOLOGY; KINETICS; TISSUE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD WEB; FROG; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; JUVENILE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANA PIPIENS; TADPOLE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; RANA PIPIENS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LITHOBATES; RANA PIPIENS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878696051     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2215     Document Type: Article

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