Male-biased sex ratios and vitellogenin induction in zebrafish exposed to effluent water from a Swedish pulp mill

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-451

  Örn, Stefan ^a   Svenson, Anders ^b   Viktor, Tomas ^b   Holbech, Henrik ^c   Norrgren, Leif ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT; FISH; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; JUVENILE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; VITELLOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; PAPER; SEX RATIO; SWEDEN; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 33748206425     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0199-0     Document Type: Article

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