Adverse reproductive effects in male fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of the natural oestrogens, oestradiol and oestrone

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-253

  Panter, G H ^a,b   Thompson, R S ^a   Sumpter, J P ^b  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish; Gonad; Oestrogenicity; Steroids; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTIS WEIGHT;

EID: 0031820953     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(98)00038-1     Document Type: Article

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