Mixtures of estrogenic chemicals enhance vitellogenic response in sea bass

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue SUPPL1, 2007, Pages 115-121

  Correia, Ana D ^a,b   Freitas, Sandro ^a   Scholze, Martin ^c   Gonçalves, José ^a,d   Booij, Petra ^e   Lamoree, Marja H ^e   Mañanós, Evaristo ^f   Reis Henriques, Maria A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Institute de Medicina Molecular   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^f CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Concentration addition; Estradiol; Ethynylestradiol; Mixture effects; Sea bass; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTERACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 40949148252     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9359     Document Type: Article

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