Changes in growth and secondary sex characteristics of fathead minnows exposed to bleached sulfite mill effluent

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2908-2915

  Parrott, Joanne L ^a   Wood, Craig S ^b   Boutot, Peter ^b   Dunn, Susan ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Noranda Technology Centre   (Canada)

^c Fraser Papers Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fathead minnow; Growth Pulp mill effluent; Secondary sex characteristics

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BLEACHING; EFFLUENTS; RIVERS; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

BLEACHED SULFITE MILL (BSM);

WATER POLLUTION;

SULFITE;

BLEACHING; GROWTH RATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EGG LAYING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FISH; GOLDFISH; GONAD; GROWTH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RIVER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VIRILIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONADS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STEROIDS; SULFITES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CYPRINIFORMES; PERCA FLAVESCENS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 0345659225     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/02-237     Document Type: Article

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