Effects of endocrine disrupters on sexual, gonadal development in fish

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 136-151

  Scholz, S ^a   Kluver N ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Environmental chemicals; Estrogens; Gonad; Gonadosomatic index; Intersex; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FERAL ANIMAL; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FISHES; GONADS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 69249093112     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000223078     Document Type: Review

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