Endocrine-disrupting effects of cattle feedlot effluent on an aquatic sentinel species, the fathead minnow

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 353-358

  Orlando, Edward F ^a,b   Kolok, Ana S ^c   Binzcik, Gerry A ^a   Gates, Jennifer L ^a   Horton, Megan K ^c   Lambright, Christy S ^d   Gray Jr , L Earl ^d   Soto, Ana M ^e   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabolic steroid hormones; Aquatic ecosystem health; Concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO); Environmental androgens and estrogens; Gene expression; HPG axis; Hypothalmic pituitary gonadal axis; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); Pimephales promelas

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; DRUG; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE; RUNOFF; SURFACTANT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE RESPONSE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CYPRINIFORMES; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 1542581602     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6591     Document Type: Article

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