Critical appraisal of the evidence for tributyltin-mediated endocrine disruption in mollusks

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-43

  Matthiessen, Peter ^a   Gibbs, Peter E ^b  

^a Ctr Environ Fish Aquacult Sci   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Imposex; Intersex; Testosterone; Tributyltin

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; TESTOSTERONE; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BREEDING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; GASTROPOD; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PENIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAS DEFERENS; VIRILIZATION;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LITTORINIDAE; MESOGASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NEOGASTROPODA;

EID: 0031984588     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1998)017<0037:CAOTEF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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