Examination of reproductive endpoints in goldfish (Carassius auratus) exposed in situ to municipal sewage treatment plant effluent discharges in Michigan, USA

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2416-2431

  Giesy, John P ^a   Snyder, Erin M ^a   Nichols, Krista M ^b   Snyder, Shane A ^a   Villalobos, Sergio A ^a   Jones, Paul D ^a   Fitzgerald, Scott D ^b  

^a Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Gonads; Hormones; Sex steroids; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HISTOLOGY; HORMONES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY;

TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GOLDFISH; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; GONADS; MALE; MICHIGAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 0141736887     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-329     Document Type: Article

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