Internal exposure of whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) to estrogens

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 158-165

  Liedtke, Anja ^a   Schönenberger, René ^a   Eggen, Rik I L ^a   Suter, Marc J F ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bile; Bioaccumulation; Gonad malformations; Muscle; Passive sampling; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; LAKE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; MUSCLE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COREGONUS LAVARETUS; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FISH; FISH MEAT; GENITAL MALFORMATION; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; BILE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; GONADS; MUSCLES; SALMONIDAE;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; THUNERSEE;

COREGONUS LAVARETUS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 67349117351     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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