A national risk assessment for intersex in fish arising from steroid estrogens

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 220-230

  Williams, Richard J ^a   Keller, Virginie D J ^a   Johnson, Andrew C ^a   Young, Andrew R ^b   Holmes, Matthew G R ^b   Wells, Claire ^c   Gross Sorokin, Melanie ^c   Benstead, Rachel ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Crowmarsh Gifford   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Estrogen; Modeling; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENGLAND; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FISH POPULATIONS; GRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN POPULATION; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MODELING RISK; POPULATION DENSITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; STEROID ESTROGENS;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FISHERIES; MEATS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

CATCHMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; GIS; INTERSEX; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; DILUTION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; MALE;

ENGLAND; THAMES BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ENGLAND; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALES;

EID: 65449126356     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-047.1     Document Type: Article

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