Androstenedione and progesterone in the sediment of a river receiving paper mill effluent

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-59

  Jenkins, R L ^a   Wilson, Elizabeth M ^b   Angus, Robert A ^c   Howell, W Mike ^a   Kirk, Marion ^c  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Androgen dependent gene expression; Environmental androgens; Fenholloway river; Florida; Gambusia holbrooki; Masculinized mosquitofish; Phytosteroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTENEDIONE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PROGESTERONE; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASCULINITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PHENOTYPE; PULP MILL; PULP PROCESSING; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLORIDA; HAPLORHINI; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; KIDNEY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAPER; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 0038324428     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfg042     Document Type: Article

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