Risks of hormonally active pharmaceuticals to amphibians: A growing concern regarding progestagens

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1656, 2014, Pages

  Säfholm, Moa ^a   Ribbenstedt, Anton ^a   Fick, Jerker ^b   Berg, Cecilia ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Fertility; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FROG; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

AMPHIBIA;

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; PROGESTINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84907842299     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0577     Document Type: Article

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