Simple, rapid zebrafish larva bioassay for assessing the potential of chemical pollutants and drugs to disrupt thyroid gland function

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6844-6850

  Raldúa, Demetrio ^a,b   Babin, Patrick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c Unite mixte INRA IFREMER Universite Bordeaux 1 UMR Nuage   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4-NONYLPHENOL; AMIODARONE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; COMBINED EFFECT; CYTOTOXIC EFFECTS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; INITIAL INFORMATION; METHIMAZOLE; MODEL ORGANISMS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; PHENOTYPIC SCREENING; POST-FERTILIZATION; POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SCREENING METHODS; SIDE EFFECT; SMALL SIZE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID GLANDS; WINDOW PROTOCOL; ZEBRAFISH;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICALS; DRUG PRODUCTS; KETONES; MAMMALS; PHENOLS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POTASSIUM; WINDOWS;

DRUG INTERACTIONS;

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 4 NONYLPHENOL; AMIODARONE; CHEMICAL AGENT; CHLORPHENOTANE; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; POTASSIUM PERCHLORATE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THIAMAZOLE; THYROXINE;

BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; CYPRINID; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; TOXICOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; MAMMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; SCREENING; THYROID FOLLICLE CELL; THYROID FUNCTION; UNITED STATES; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 69549122856     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9012454     Document Type: Article

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