A review on the effects of PBDEs on thyroid and reproduction systems in fish

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 219, Issue , 2015, Pages 64-73

  Yu, Liqin ^a   Han, Zhihua ^b   Liu, Chunsheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEP   (China)

Author keywords

Cross talk; Fish; PBDEs; Reproductive system; Thyroid system

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BROWN TROUT; CRUCIAN CARP; DOWN REGULATION; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILITY; FISH; FLOUNDER; GENITAL SYSTEM; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS THYROID SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEA BREAM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID GLAND; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GONAD; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; FISHES; GONADS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REPRODUCTION; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84939415729     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.12.010     Document Type: Article

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