Ionizing radiation effects on sex steroid hormone levels in serum and milt of freshwater fish Oreochromis mossambicus

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-106

  Saiyad Musthafa, M ^a   Jawahar Ali, A ^a   Mohamed Ahadhu Shareef, T H ^a   Vijayakumar, S ^a   Iyanar, K ^b   Thangaraj, K ^b  

^a THE NEW COLLEGE   (India)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Gamma radiation; Milt; Serum; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOMONITORING; FISH; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; IONIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIONUCLIDE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SERUM; SEX HORMONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTA; BODY FLUID; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAMMA RADIATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE MILT LEVEL; IONIZING RADIATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MILT; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; WATER POLLUTION;

FRESHWATER FISH; GAMMA RADIATION; MILT; SERUM; SEX-STEROIDS;

ANIMALS; FRESH WATER; GAMMA RAYS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MALE; RADIATION, IONIZING; SEMEN; TESTIS; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 84893204581     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.12.015     Document Type: Article

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