Development of an in vivo screening assay for estrogenic chemicals using juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2812-2820

  Thorpe, Karen L ^a,b   Hutchinson, Thomas H ^a   Hetheridge, Malcolm J ^a   Sumpter, John P ^b   Tyler, Charles R ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Estrogen; Fish; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001443595     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620191128     Document Type: Article

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