Behavioral changes in fish exposed to phytoestrogens

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 833-839

  Clotfelter, Ethan D ^a   Rodriguez, Alison C ^a  

^a AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sitosterol; Behavior; Betta splendens; Equol; Genistein

Indexed keywords

Β-SITOSTEROL; BETTA SPLENDENS; EQUOL; GENISTEIN;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FISHERIES; WATER POLLUTION;

HORMONES;

EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; SITOSTEROL;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; NEST; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BETTA SPLENDENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FISHES; GENISTEIN; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYTOESTROGENS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SITOSTEROLS; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BETTA; BETTA SPLENDENS; PISCES;

EID: 33748422619     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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