Induction of testis-ova in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to p-nonylphenol

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1082-1086

  Gray, Michelle A ^a   Metcalfe, Chris D ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intersex; Medaka; Nonylphenol; Surfactant; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHENOL; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HATCHING; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 0030967014     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620160531     Document Type: Article

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