Estrogenic effects in flounder Platichthys flesus orally exposed to 4-tert-octylphenol

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-405

  Madsen, Louise L ^a   Korsgaard, Bodil ^a   Bjerregaard, Poul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

4 tert Octylphenol; Dietary exposure; Estrogenic effect; Flounder; Platichthys flesus; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; VITELLOGENIN;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FLOUNDER; LIVER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

PLATICHTHYS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0037700506     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(03)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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