Tilapia larvae aroclor 1254 exposure: Effects on gonads and circulating thyroid hormones during adulthood

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 488-493

  Coimbra, A M ^a,b   Reis Henriques, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aroclor 1254; Larvae; Ovary; PCBs; Reproduction; Testis; Thyroid hormones; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

FISH LARVAE; PLASMA CONCENTRATION; THYROID HORMONES;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CONTAMINATION; FISH; NUTRITION;

HORMONES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GONAD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PAEDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; AROCLOR 1254; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; OVARY; TESTIS; THYROID HORMONES; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 36348985633     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-007-9288-2     Document Type: Article

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