Presence of natural and anthropogenic organic contaminants and potential fish health impacts along two river gradients in Alberta, Canada

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2379-2387

  Jeffries, Ken M ^a   Jackson, Leland J ^a   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Habibi, Hamid R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Minnow; Organic contaminants; Vitellogenin; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ALBERTA , CANADA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; FECAL STEROLS; HEALTH IMPACT; HORMONE THERAPY; MINNOW; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NATURAL HORMONE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL; POINT-SOURCES; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RIVER BASINS; SASKATCHEWAN; VITELLOGENIN;

ALCOHOLS; CONTAMINATION; DRUG THERAPY; EFFLUENTS; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGEN; LIVER PROTEIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYTOSTEROL; VITELLOGENIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CYPRINID; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FECES ANALYSIS; FISH; GONAD; HEALTH; HORMONAL THERAPY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RIVER; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; MALE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN BASIN;

CYPRINIDAE; RHINICHTHYS CATARACTAE;

EID: 78649469043     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.265     Document Type: Article

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