Estrogenic wastewater treatment works effluents reduce egg production in fish

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2976-2982

  Thorpe, Karen L ^a,b   Maack, Gerd ^a   Benstead, Rachel ^c   Tyler, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER RESPONSE; COMPLEX MIXTURES; EGG PRODUCTIONS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENIC CHEMICALS; FATHEAD MINNOWS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHS; SIGNALING MECHANISMS; VITELLOGENIN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOMARKER; CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; EGG PRODUCTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FITNESS; INHIBITION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EFFLUENT; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; OVUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 65249123978     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es803103c     Document Type: Article

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