Health effects in fish of long-term exposure to effluents from wastewater treatment works

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue SUPPL.1, 2006, Pages 81-89

  Liney, Katherine E ^a   Hagger, Josephine A ^b   Tyler, Charles R ^a   Depledge, Michael H ^c   Galloway, Tamara S ^b   Jobling, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine; Fish; Genotoxic; Health; Immunotoxic; Reproductive; Wastewater treatment works

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; STEROID; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYPRINIFORMES; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KIDNEY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FISHES; GONADS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KIDNEY; MALE; STEROIDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34548036291     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8058     Document Type: Article

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