Identification of environmental chemicals with estrogenic activity using a combination of in vitro assays

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1084-1089

  Klotz, Diane M ^a   Beckman, Barbara S ^a,b   Hill, Steven M ^a,b   McLachlan, John A ^a,b,c   Walters, Marian R ^a,b   Arnold, Steven F ^a,b,c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental estrogens; Estrogen receptor; Estrogens; MCF 7 cells; Yeast estrogen screen

Indexed keywords

ALACHLOR; BENOMYL; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HERBICIDE; LUCIFERASE; NONACHLOR;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; METABOLITE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; UNITED STATES; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0029855721     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041084     Document Type: Article

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