Increasing Frequency of Thyroid Goiters in Coho Salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch ) in the Great Lakes
- 28 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 198 (4315) , 425-426
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.910140
Abstract
Coho salmon collected during the 1976 spawning runs from Lakes Michigan, Ontario, and Erie had overt goiter frequencies of 6.3, 47.6, and 79.5%, respectively. These represent significant increases over the frequencies observed in previous years. Epizootiological data suggest that environmental goitrogens (possibly pollutants) may be involved in the etiology of the thyroid disorder.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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