Assessing the combination effects of environmental estrogens in fish

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1476-1486

  Zhang, Hui ^a,b   Kong, Fan Xiang ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Shi, Xiao Li ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Tian, Hong Er ^b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Combination effects; Dose response relationships; Prediction; Xenoestrogens

Indexed keywords

4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FISH; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARP; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS CARASSIUS;

ANIMALS; CARPS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGENS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952277720     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0533-9     Document Type: Article

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