Effects of persistent organic pollutants on the thyroid function of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from the Aegean sea, is it an endocrine disruption?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1755-1764

  Schnitzler, Joseph G ^a   Koutrakis, Emmanuil ^b   Siebert, Ursula ^c   Thomé, Jean Pierre ^a   Das, Krishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SULFATE MINERALS;

AEGEAN SEA; ATLANTIC; DICHLORO-DIPHENYL-DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FISH SPECIES; FRESH-WEIGHT BASIS; H IGH CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANOCHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLOROBIPHENYLS; SEA BASS; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONES; TRICHLOROETHANE;

POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; THYROXINE;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DDE; DDT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PERCIFORM; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEA POLLUTION; THYROID FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BASS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FISH DISEASES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; THYROID GLAND; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 52949119163     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.06.011     Document Type: Article

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