Plasma calcium as a surrogate measure for vitellogenin in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 90-95

  Gillespie, David K ^a,b   De Peyster, Ann ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Calcium; Estrogenic; Fathead minnows; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

CALCIUM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 1842840038     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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