Assessment of environmental estrogens and the intersex/sex reversal capacity for chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in primary and final municipal wastewater effluents

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-396

  Fernandez, Marc P ^a   Campbell, Pamela M ^b   Ikonomou, Michael G ^c   Devlin, Robert H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Environmental Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental estrogens; Intersex sex reversal; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; INTERSEX/SEX REVERSAL; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SYNTHETIC STEROIDAL ESTROGENS;

HORMONES;

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; SEX REVERSAL; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 33847259847     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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