Fish Vitellogenin as a Biological Effect Marker of Oestrogenic Endocrine Disruption in the Open Sea

Advances in Fisheries Science: 50 years on from Beverton and Holt

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 472-490

  Scott, Alexander P ^a   Robinson, Craig D ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental significance of induced vitellogenin in marine fish; Evidence for existence of oestrogenic endocrine disruption in marine environment; Fish vitellogenin biological effect marker of oestrogenic endocrine disruption in open sea; Oestrogenic endocrine disrupters in marine environment; Structure and functions of vitellogenin; Vitellogenin measurement in fish plasma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889411891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302653.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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