Health impacts of estrogens in the environment, considering complex mixture effects

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1704-1710

  Filby, Amy L ^a   Neuparth, Teresa ^b   Thorpe, Karen L ^a   Owen, Richard ^b,c   Galloway, Tamara S ^a   Tyler, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

17 ethinylestradiol; Environmental estrogen; Fish; Genotoxicity; Health; Immunotoxicity; Metabolism; Mixture effect; Wastewater treatment works effluent

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CYPRINIDAE; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ESTROGENS; HEALTH; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 36849023544     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10443     Document Type: Article

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