Vitellogenin induction by a mixture of steroidal estrogens in freshwater fishes and relevant risk assessment

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 484-491

  Zhang, Hui ^a,b   Kong, Fan Xiang ^b   Wang, Shi He ^a   Yu, Yang ^b   Zhang, Min ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dose response relationships; Estrogen; Mixture effects; Prediction; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; ESTROGEN; MIXTURE EFFECTS; PREDICTION; VITELLOGENIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TOXICITY;

BINARY MIXTURES;

ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN;

BOOTSTRAPPING; CYPRINID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HORMONE; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROID; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICITY; EXPOSURE; FRESHWATER FISH; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ETHISTERONE; FRESH WATER; GOLDFISH; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CARASSIUS; PISCES;

EID: 70249100976     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20453     Document Type: Article

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