Environmental effect assessment for sexual endocrine-disrupting chemicals: Fish testing strategy

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 653-662

  Knacker, Thomas ^a   Boettcher, Melanie ^b   Frische, Tobias ^c   Rufli, Hans ^d   Stolzenberg, Hans Christian ^c   Teigeler, Matthias ^e   Zok, Sabine ^f   Braunbeck, Thomas ^b   Schafers, Christoph ^e  

^a ECT Oekotoxikologie ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^d Ecotoxsolutions   (Switzerland)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^f BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Environmental risk assessment; Fish testing; Testing strategy

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL;

EID: 79952039286     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.92     Document Type: Article

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