Several synthetic progestins with different potencies adversely affect reproduction of fish

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2077-2084

  Runnalls, Tamsin J ^a   Beresford, Nicola ^a   Losty, Erin ^a   Scott, Alexander P ^b   Sumpter, John P ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT MANNERS; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXPOSED TO; FATHEAD MINNOW; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; IN-VITRO ASSAYS; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; LEVONORGESTREL; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

EFFLUENTS; FISH;

EXPERIMENTS;

ANDROSTANOLONE; DESOGESTREL; DROSPIRENONE; GESTAGEN; GESTODENE; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; RIVER WATER; TESTOSTERONE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTRACEPTIVE USE; CYPRINID; EFFLUENT; EGG PRODUCTION; MASCULINIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RIVER WATER; SEX HORMONE; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; MALE; OVIPARITY; PROGESTINS; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84874029024     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3048834     Document Type: Article

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