Effect of in vivo chronic exposure to clotrimazole on zebrafish testis function

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2747-2760

  Baudiffier, Damien ^a   Hinfray, Nathalie ^a   Ravaud, Catherine ^a   Creusot, Nicolas ^a   Chadili, Edith ^a   Porcher, Jean Marc ^a   Schulz, Rüdiger W ^b   Brion, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clotrimazole; Endocrine disruption; HPG axis; Spermatogenesis; Steroidogenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BLOOD; CYTOCHROME; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FISH; FUNGICIDE; GENE; HISTOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84876741088     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1474-7     Document Type: Article

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