Fish thyroidal and stress responses in contamination monitoring-An integrated biomarker approach

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1265-1270

  Oliveira, M ^a   Pacheco, M ^a   Santos, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Glucose; Lactate; Liza aurata; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; LIOTHYRONINE; MERCURY; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOMARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISH; GLUCOSE; POLLUTION MONITORING; XENOBIOTICS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LIZA AURATA; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PORTUGAL; STRESS; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROCORTISONE; LACTIC ACID; MERCURY; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMEGMAMORPHA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THYROID HORMONES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

LIZA AURATA;

EID: 79958766843     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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