Comparison between the effects of the phytosterol β-sitosterol and pulp and paper mill effluents on sexually immature rainbow trout

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 329-336

  Tremblay, Louis ^a   Van Der Kraak, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Sitosterol; Cholesterol; Pregnenolone; Testosterone; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

BLEACHED MILL EFFLUENTS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASE; PHYTOSTEROL SITOSTEROL; RAINBOW TROUT;

ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; PHYTOSTEROL; PREGNENOLONE; SITOSTEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; RAINBOW TROUT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0033082025     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<0329:CBTEOT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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