The toxicity potential of pharmaceuticals found in the Douro River estuary (Portugal): Assessing impacts on gonadal maturation with a histopathological and stereological study of zebrafish ovary and testis after sub-acute exposures

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 292-299

  Madureira, Tânia Vieira ^a,b,c   Rocha, Maria João ^a,b,c   Cruzeiro, Catarina ^c   Galante, Maria Helena ^b,c   Monteiro, Rogério A F ^b,c   Rocha, Eduardo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IUCS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gonads; Mixtures; Pharmaceuticals; Stereology; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; FENOFIBRIC ACID; PROPRANOLOL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FISH; GAMETOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MATURATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; XENOBIOTICS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTUARY; GAMETE; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS; WATER POLLUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG TOXICITY; FEMALE; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PORTUGAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTS, SUBACUTE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DOURO RIVER; PORTUGAL;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 79960465071     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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