Vitellogenin induction and reduced serum testosterone concentrations in feral male carp (Cyprinus carpio) captured near a major metropolitan sewage treatment plant

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1096-1101

  Folmar, Leroy C ^a   Denslow, Nancy D ^b   Rao, Vijayasri ^b   Chow, Marjorie ^b   Crain, D Andrew ^c   Enblom, Jack ^d   Marcino, Joseph ^d   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^c,e  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

^d MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Fish; Sewage effluent; Testosterone; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

EGG PROTEIN; RUNOFF; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; PISCES;

EID: 0029854519     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041096     Document Type: Article

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