Reproductive toxicity of vinclozolin in the fathead minnow: Confirming an anti-androgenic mode of action

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 478-488

  Martinović, Dalma ^a   Blake, Lindsey S ^a   Durhan, Elizabeth J ^a   Greene, Katie J ^a   Kahl, Michael D ^a   Jensen, Kathleen M ^a   Makynen, Elizabeth A ^a   Villeneuve, Daniel L ^a   Ankley, Gerald T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti androgen; Endocrine disruption; Fish; Reproduction; Vinclozolin

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDES; HORMONES; TOXICITY;

REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

FISH;

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRENBOLONE; VINCLOZOLIN; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; FUNGICIDE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOASSAY; CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECUNDITY; FUNGICIDE; HISTOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; TESTOSTERONE; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYPRINIFORMES; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTANT;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CYPRINIFORMES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; MALE; OVARY; OXAZOLES; REPRODUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 42449154258     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-206R.1     Document Type: Article

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