A decade of research on the environmental impacts of pulp and paper mill effluents in Canada: Development and application of fish bioassays

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-317

  Parrott, Joanne L ^a   McMaster, Mark E ^a   Hewitt, L Mark ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; SEX HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; STEROID;

AQUATIC FAUNA; BIOASSAY; CANADA; DIETARY INTAKE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FERTILITY; FISH; GONAD; GROWTH REGULATION; HEPATOMEGALY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFERTILITY; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE CYCLE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIVALVE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; PAPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIVALVIA; CANADA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME INDUCTION; FISHES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIVER; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PAPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; STEROIDS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33745253929     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500195752     Document Type: Review

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