Bisphenol A in the aquatic environment and its endocrine-disruptive effects on aquatic organisms

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 607-625

  Kang, Jeong Hun ^a   Aasi, Daisuke ^b   Katayama, Yoshiki ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Aquatic organisms; Bioaccumulation; Biomarker; Bisphenol A; Endocrine disruptive effect

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; RIVER WATER; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC FAUNA; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INVERTEBRATE; LANDFILL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; VERTEBRATE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; INVERTEBRATES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PHENOLS; VERTEBRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34547700404     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440701493103     Document Type: Review

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