Comparative study of the estrogenic responses of mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to treated municipal sewage effluent (Lisbon) during two periods in different seasons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 349, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 129-139

  Diniz, M S ^a   Peres, I ^a   Pihan, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Cyprinus carpio; Endocrine disruption; Seasonal variations; Sewage effluent; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASES; EFFLUENTS; HISTOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; VITELLOGENIN;

HORMONES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VITELLOGENIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; CARPS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PHENOLS; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; SEWAGE; TESTIS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 26444572374     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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