Bioassay for determining 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents (TEs) in human hepatoma HepG2 cells

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 335-338

  Wiebel, F J ^a   Wegenke, M ^b   Kiefer, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Bayerisches Landesamt F U   (Germany)

Author keywords

bioassay; H4IIE; HepG2; human cells; TCDD; TCDF; toxicokinetics

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030296832     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4274(96)03758-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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