Poultry litter-induced endocrine disruption in fathead minnow, sheepshead minnow, and mummichog laboratory exposures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2328-2340

  Yonkos, Lance T ^a   Fisher, Daniel J ^a   Van Veld, Peter A ^b   Kane, Andrew S ^c   McGee, Beth L ^d   Staver, Kenneth W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Chesapeake Bay Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Estrogen; Poultry litter; Sex ratio; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGEN; POULTRY LITTER; SEX RATIOS; VITELLOGENIN;

FISHERIES; MANURES; RUNOFF; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MICROARRAYS;

ESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN;

AGRONOMY; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FEMINIZATION; HISTOLOGY; LABORATORY METHOD; MANURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POULTRY; SEX RATIO; STEROID; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMINIZATION; FISH; FRESHWATER FISH; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LABORATORY TEST; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; POULTRY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINODON VARIEGATUS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 78649462465     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.282     Document Type: Article

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