Endocrine disruptors in Mediterranean top marine predators

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-207

  Fossi, M Cristina ^a   Casini, Silvia ^a   Marsili, Letizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Fibroblast cell culture; Marine mammals; Mediterranean Sea; Skin biopsy; Top predators; Vitellogenin; Xiphias gladius; Zona Radiata proteins

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; EGG PROTEIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE; VITELLOGENIN; ZONA RADIATA PROTEIN, FISH;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MARINE MAMMAL; ORGANOCHLORINE; PELAGIC FISH; TOXICITY; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CETACEA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; FISH DISEASE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; TUNA;

ANIMALS; BENZOPYRENE HYDROXYLASE; BIOPSY; CETACEA; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; EGG PROTEINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; FISH DISEASES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TUNA; VITELLOGENINS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IONIAN SEA; ITALY; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS; CETACEA; DELPHINUS DELPHIS; MAMMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; THUNNUS THYNNUS THYNNUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 33646836959     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/espr2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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