Temporal variation in the estrogenicity of a sewage treatment plant effluent and Its biological significance

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3421-3427

  Martinović, Dalma ^a   Denny, Jeffrey S ^b   Schmieder, Patricia K ^b   Ankley, Gerald T ^b   Sorensen, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; BINDING ASSAYS; BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCES; CONCENTRATION OF; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BINDING ASSAYS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENICITY; FATHEAD MINNOWS; MRNA EXPRESSIONS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENTS; TEMPORAL VARIATIONS;

BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; EFFLUENT; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPAWNING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BINDING ASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRODUCTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ESTROGENS; FISHES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 46749088755     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0708013     Document Type: Article

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