Experimental evaluation of vitellogenin as a predictive biomarker for reproductive disruption

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 681-690

  Cheek, Ann Oliver ^a   Brouwer, Thea Hoexum ^b   Carroll, Suzanne ^b   Manning, Steve ^b   McLachlan, John A ^c   Brouwer, Marius ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fish; Medaka; Reproductive success; Sex differentiation; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; EGG; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; FERTILITY; FISH; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPRODUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034858583     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.01109681     Document Type: Article

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