Assessing multiple endpoints of atrazine ingestion on gravid northern watersnakes (Nerodia sipedon) and their offspring

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1072-1082

  Neuman Lee, Lorin A ^a,b   Gaines, Karen F ^a   Baumgartner, Kyle A ^a   Voorhees, Jaymie R ^a   Novak, James M ^a   Mullin, Stephen J ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immune function; Reproduction; Reptiles; Sex ratio; Snakes

Indexed keywords

MUTAGENESIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

IMMUNE FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REPTILES; SEX RATIOS; SNAKES;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; ESTRADIOL;

ATRAZINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; INGESTION RATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO; SNAKE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; GESTATION PERIOD; INFECTION; INGESTION; JAW; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTHER; NERODIA SIPEDON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX RATIO; SNAKE; STILLBIRTH;

AMPHIBIA; NERODIA SIPEDON; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

IMMUNE FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; REPTILES; SEX RATIO; SNAKES;

ANIMALS; ATRAZINE; COLUBRIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HERBICIDES; MALE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84906075246     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.21837     Document Type: Article

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