Occurrence and endocrine effects of agrichemicals in a small Nebraska, USA, watershed

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2253-2260

  Sellin Jeffries, Marlo K ^a   Abbott, Kelty I ^b   Cowman, Tim ^c   Kolok, Alan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrichemicals; Agricultural runoff; Endocrine disruption; Fathead minnow; Land use

Indexed keywords

AGRICHEMICALS; AROMATASE; BEEF CATTLE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENDOCRINE EFFECTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FATHEAD MINNOW; LAND COVER; MISSOURIS; MRNA EXPRESSION; NEBRASKA; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POLAR ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ROW CROP; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; STEROID HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN; WATER SAMPLES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CROPS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEMS; HORMONES; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; AROMATASE; AROMATASE A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN;

CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; LAND COVER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SAMPLER; STEROID; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROP; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

AGROCHEMICALS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CATTLE; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIVER; MALE; NEBRASKA; PESTICIDES; RIVERS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; CYPRINIDAE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 80052615444     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.615     Document Type: Article

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