Estrogenic and toxic effects of methoxychlor on zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2194-2201

  Versonnen, Bram J ^a,c   Roose, Patrick ^b   Monteyne, Els M ^b   Janssen, Colin R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c EURAS Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Embryo; Endocrine disruption; Fish; Methoxychlor; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; ELECTROPHORESIS; HORMONES; PROTEINS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

METHOXYCHLOR; ZEBRAFISH;

FISHERIES;

ESTROGEN; METHOXYCHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMBRYO; FISH; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; HATCHING; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL; TOXICITY TESTING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; METHOXYCHLOR; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3943108251     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-228     Document Type: Article

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