Testing the effects of ethinylestradiol and of an environmentally relevant mixture of xenoestrogens as found in the Douro River (Portugal) on the maturation of fish gonads-A stereological study using the zebrafish (Danio rerio) as model

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 124-125, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Silva, Paula ^a,b   Rocha, Maria J ^b,c   Cruzeiro, Catarina ^b   Malhão, Fernanda ^a   Reis, Bruno ^b   Urbatzka, Ralph ^b   Monteiro, Rogério A F ^a,b   Rocha, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IUCS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Estrogens; Ovary; Stereology; Testis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

4 N NONYLPHENOL; 4 N OCTYLPHENOL; 4 NONYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; 4 NONYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; 4 OCTYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; 4 OCTYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; GAMETOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MATURATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; STEREOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZEBRAFISH;

DOURO RIVER; PORTUGAL;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84864804104     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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