Evidence for thyroid endocrine disruption in wild fish in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Relationships to contaminant exposures

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-215

  Brar, Navdeep K ^a   Waggoner, Claire ^a   Reyes, Jesus A ^b   Fairey, Russell ^c   Kelley, Kevin M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pacific Coast Environmental Conservancy   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic contaminant; Endocrine disruption; Fish; PCB; Thyroid; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LIOTHYRONINE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHLORDANE; COASTAL ZONE; DDT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL WASTE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEIODINATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID DISEASE; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; LIVER; THYROID GLAND; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75149142140     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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