Effects of phytosterols on zebrafish reproduction in multigeneration test

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 267-273

  Nakari, Tarja ^a   Erkomaa, Kirsti ^a  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Multigeneration test; Phytosterols; Reproduction; Zebrafish; Sitosterol

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FISHERIES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PHYTOSTEROLS;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; VITELLOGENIN;

POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; STEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GENDER; HORMONE DETERMINATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SOYBEAN; WOOD; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0037400509     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00377-9     Document Type: Article

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