Altered metabolic elimination of testosterone and associated toxicity following exposure of Daphnia magna to nonylphenol polyethoxylate

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 104-111

  Baldwin, William S ^a   Graham, Stephen E ^a   Shea, Damian ^a   LeBlanc, Gerald A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; NONOXINOL; NONYLPHENOL; SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; DAPHNIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032005539     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1997.1614     Document Type: Article

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