Trans-generation study of the effects of nonylphenol ethoxylate on the reproduction of the snail Biomphalaria tenagophila

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 458-465

  Oliveira Filho, Eduardo Cyrino ^a   Grisolia, Cesar Koppe ^b   Paumgartten, Francisco Jose Roma ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic toxicity; Ecotoxicology; Endocrine disruptors; Estrogens; Invertebrates; Reproduction; Snails; Toxicity tests; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

NONYLPHENOL; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FECUNDITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SNAIL; SURFACTANT; TOXICITY TEST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA TENAGOPHILA; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; DETERGENTS; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIOMPHALARIA TENAGOPHILA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 55049110536     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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