Does gender really matter in contaminant exposure? A case study using invertebrate models

Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 183-191

  McClellan Green, Patricia ^a,b   Romano, Jocelyn ^b   Oberdörster, Eva ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminant; Endocrine disruption; Exposure; Gender; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENDER RELATIONS; INVERTEBRATE; MODELING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY;

ACARTIA TONSA; AMPHIASCUS TEMUIREMUS; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CORAL; CRUSTACEA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUPHYLLIA ANCORA; GENDER; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS IRRITANS; HINIA RETICULATA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INSECT; INVERTEBRATE; LYCOSA HILARIS; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MICROARTHRIDION LITTORALE; MOLLUSC; MONTIPARA CAPITATA; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PANORPA VULGARIS; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PINCTADA FUCATA MARTENSII; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES HABITAT; STREPTOCEPHALUS DICHOTOMUS; SURVIVAL; THAI CLAVIGERA; TISBE BULBISETOSA;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ACARTIA TONSA; AMPHIASCUS TENUIREMIS; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; ASTERIAS RUBENS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAPITATA; CRUSTACEA; ECHINODERMATA; EUPHYLLIA ANCORA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS IRRITANS; HEXAPODA; HINIA RETICULATA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSA HILARIS; MELANOGASTER; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; MICROARTHRIDION LITTORALE; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; NUCELLA LAPILLUS; PALAEMONETES PUGIO; PANORPA VULGARIS; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PINCTADA FUCATA; STREPTOCEPHALUS DICHOTOMUS; THAIS CLAVIGERA; TISBE BULBISETOSA;

EID: 34147127618     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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