The effect of the aromatase inhibitor fadrozole and two polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons on sex steroid secretion by ovarian follicles of coho salmon

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-174

  Afonso, L O B ^a,b   Campbell, P M ^a   Iwama, G K ^b   Devlin, R H ^a   Donaldson, E M ^a  

^a Fisheries and Oceans Canada   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BETA NAPHTHOFLAVONE; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0031149012     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.6855     Document Type: Article

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