Reproductive responses in fathead minnow and Japanese medaka following exposure to a synthetic progestin, Norethindrone

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-262

  Paulos, Peter ^a   Runnalls, Tamsin J ^b   Nallani, Gopi ^a   La Point, Tom ^a   Scott, Alexander P ^c   Sumpter, John P ^b   Huggett, Duane B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish reproduction; Pharmaceuticals; Progestins

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; NORETHISTERONE; 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; FISH; MATURATION; MOTILITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERM;

ANDROGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; INFERTILITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYPRINIFORMES; DRUG EFFECTS; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; NORETHINDRONE; ORYZIAS; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 77955556274     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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