Toxic response of endosulfan to breeding and non-breeding female mosquitofish

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-124

  Park, Daesik ^a,b   Minor, Matthew D ^a   Propper, Catherine R ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compound; Endosulfan; Mosquitofish; Reproductive condition; Thyroid follicle

Indexed keywords

ENDOSULFAN; INSECTICIDE;

BREEDING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOSULFAN; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; MOSQUITO FISH; NONHUMAN; OVARY; THYROID FOLLICLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1842683155     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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