Impaired cortisol stress response in fish from environments polluted by PAHs, PCBs, and mercury

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 278-283

  Hontela, Alice ^a   Rasmussen, Joseph B ^b   Audet, Céline ^c   Chevalier, Gaston ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL POISON; HYDROCORTISONE; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FISH; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; HYDROCORTISONE; MERCURY; PERCHES; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; SALMONIDAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLAVESCENS; SYNANCEIA;

EID: 0026597641     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00212086     Document Type: Article

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