Assessment of various biomarkers in winter flounder from Coastal Massachusetts, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2504-2511

  Wall, Kristen L ^a   Jessen Eller, Kathy ^b   Crivello, Joseph F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Boston Harbor; Cytocbrome P450; Metallothionein; Winter flounder

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CADMIUM; CHLORZOXAZONE; COPPER; CYTOCHROME P450; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

BIOMARKER; COASTAL WATERS; FLATFISH; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIVER MICROSOME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RNA ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031734123     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620171218     Document Type: Article

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