Possible chemical causes of skeletal deformities in natural populations of Aphanius fasciatus collected from the Tunisian coast

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2683-2689

  Kessabi, Kaouthar ^a   Annabi, Ali ^a   Hassine, Aziza Ibn Hadj ^b   Bazin, Ingrid ^b   Mnif, Wissem ^a   Said, Khaled ^a   Messaoudi, Imed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b ECOLE DES MINES D ALÈS   (France)

Author keywords

Aphanius fasciatus; Endocrine disruption; Metallic pollution; Organic pollution; Skeletal deformities; Tunisian coasts

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

APHANIUS FASCIATUS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; METALLIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SKELETAL DEFORMITIES; TUNISIAN COAST;

WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

COASTAL ZONE; CYPRINID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEAVY METAL; PAH; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SKELETON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APHANIUS FASCIATUS; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; MANDIBLE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPINE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TUNISIA; VERTEBRA; WATER SAMPLING;

TUNISIA;

APHANIUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 84873295304     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.047     Document Type: Article

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