Exposure to 17α-ethynylestradiol causes dose and temporally dependent changes in intersex, females and vitellogenin production in the sydney rock oyster

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1440-1451

  Andrew, M N ^a   O'Connor, W A ^b   Dunstan, R H ^a   MacFarlane, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Industry and Investment   (Australia)

Author keywords

17 ; Biomarker; Estrogens; Ethynylestradiol; Intersex; Oyster; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; VITELLOGENIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; INTERSEX; MOLLUSC; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEAWATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEMALE PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OYSTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SACCOSTREA GLOMERATA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE; SACCOSTREA GLOMERATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; OOCYTES; OSTREIDAE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952279704     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0529-5     Document Type: Article

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