Pesticide bioaccumulation and plasma sex steroids in fishes during breeding phase from north India

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-350

  Singh, Pratap B ^a   Singh, Vandana ^a  

^a Tilak Dhari College   (India)

Author keywords

DDT; HCH; Aldrin; Bioaccumulations; Carps; Catfish; Chlorpyrifos; Endosulfan; Reproduction; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; ENDOSULFAN; ESTRADIOL; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING; CARP; CATFISH; FISH; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; INDIA; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

CYPRINIDAE; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 39549094689     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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