Plasma steroid levels in female flounder (Platichthys flesus) after chronic dietary exposure to single polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 453-467

  Monteiro, P R R ^a   Reis Henriques, M A ^a   Coimbra, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Chrysene; Dietary exposure; PAHs; Phenanthrene; Plasma steroids; Platichthys flesus

Indexed keywords

CHRYSENE; ESTRADIOL; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STEROID; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

FISH; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; FOOD ANALYSIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; CHRYSENES; DIET; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; OVARY; PHENANTHRENES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; STEROIDS;

EID: 0033627384     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(99)00085-9     Document Type: Article

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