Environmental estrogens in an urban aquatic ecosystem: II. Biological effects

Environment International

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 138-149

  Schultz, Melissa M ^a   Minarik, Thomas A ^b   Martinovic Weigelt, Dalma ^c   Curran, Erin M ^c   Bartell, Stephen E ^d,e   Schoenfuss, Heiko L ^e  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^d Normandale Community College   (United States)

^e ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants of emerging concern; Fish; Histopathology; Urban aquatic ecosystem; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; ECOLOGY; EFFLUENTS; FISH; FISHERIES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERNS; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; VITELLOGENIN; WATER RECLAMATION PLANTS;

URBAN GROWTH;

ESTROGEN; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; TOXICOLOGY; URBAN AREA; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RECLAMATION PLANT;

EID: 84886951131     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.08.006     Document Type: Article

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