In vitro and in vivo estrogenicity and toxicity of o-, m-, and p-dichlorobenzene

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 329-335

  Versonnen, Bram J ^a   Arijs, Katrien ^a   Verslycke, Tim ^a   Lema, Wouter ^a   Janssen, Colin R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Gonadosomatic index; Vitellogenin; Xenoestrogens; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; BLOOD; ELECTROPHORESIS; TOXICITY; YEAST;

BLOOD SAMPLES;

BENZENE;

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,3 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; YEAST; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHLOROBENZENES; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YEASTS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037303367     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(2003)022<0329:IVAIVE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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