Qualitative and Quantitative Histomorphologic Assessment of Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas Gonads as an Endpoint for Evaluating Endocrine-Active Compounds: A Pilot Methodology Study

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 600-612

  Wolf, Jeffrey C ^a   Dietrich, Daniel R ^b   Friederich, Urs ^c   Caunter, John ^d   Brown, Andrew R ^d  

^a EPL Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c DOW EUROPE GMBH   (Switzerland)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine active; fathead minnow; histopathology; morphometry; ova; Pimephales promelas; reproduction; testis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD DYSFUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSURGERY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CYPRINIDAE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROSURGERY; OVARY; PILOT PROJECTS; TESTIS; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; PIMEPHALES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 4544328469     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230490515201     Document Type: Article

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