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TITLE:
Embryo Toxicity of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo- p- Dioxin to the Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa )

AUTHOR(S):

Tom Augspurger

D. E. Tillitt

S. J. Bursian

S. D. Fitzgerald

D. E. Hinton

R. T. Di Giulio

VOLUME:
55
ISSUE:
4
PAGES:
659 - 669

PUBLICATION DATE:

November 2008

ABSTRACT:
We examined the sensitivity of the wood duck (Aix sponsa) embryo to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) by injecting the toxicant into their eggs.

PUBLISHED BY:
Springer New York

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