Estrogenic potency of chemicals detected in sewage treatment plant effluents as determined by in vivo assays with Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 297-308

  Metcalfe, Chris D ^a   Metcalfe, Tracy L ^a   Kiparissis, Yiannis ^a   Koenig, Brenda G ^a   Khan, Colin ^a   Hughes, Richard J ^a   Croley, Timothy R ^b   March, Raymond E ^b   Potter, Thomas ^c  

^a Environmental and Resource Studies Program   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alklyphenol; Effluent; Estrogen; Intersex; Medaka

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NONYLPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PLASTICIZER; SURFACTANT;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; INTERSEX; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMINIZATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; LATIPES; ORYZIAS LATIPES;

EID: 0035142487     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620200210     Document Type: Article

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