Investigating Endocrine and Physiological Parameters of Captive American Kestrels Exposed by Diet to Selected Organophosphate Flame Retardants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7448-7455

  Fernie, Kimberly J ^a   Palace, Vince ^b   Peters, Lisa E ^b   Basu, Nil ^c   Letcher, Robert J ^d   Karouna Renier, Natalie K ^e   Schultz, Sandra L ^e   Lazarus, Rebecca S ^e   Rattner, Barnett A ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTICIZERS; SOLVENTS;

CHOLINERGIC SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUMES; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANOPHOSPHATE TRIESTERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLASMA CHOLINESTERASE; TRIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

CHOLINESTERASE; FLAME RETARDANT; LIOTHYRONINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; THYROXINE; TRIS(1,2 DICHLORO 2 PROPYL) PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 BUTOXYETHYL) PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 CHLOROISOPROPYL) PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; THYROID HORMONE;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; OXIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA; RAPTOR; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINESTERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALCO SPARVERIUS; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; FALCONIFORMES; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALCONIFORMES; FLAME RETARDANTS; MALE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; THYROID HORMONES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934917430     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00857     Document Type: Article

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