A practicable laboratory flow-through exposure system for assessing the health effects of effluents in fish

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 164-172

  Thorpe, Karen L ^a   Benstead, Rachel ^c   Eccles, Paul ^c   Maack, Gerd ^a   Williams, Tim ^b   Tyler, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Exposure systems; Fathead minnow; Wastewater treatment effluents

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH; LABORATORY FLOW THROUGH EXPOSURE SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL MATURATION; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 46749125680     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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