Additive estrogenic activities of a binary mixture of 2',4',6'-Trichloro- and 2',3',4',5'-tetrachloro-4-biphenylol

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Ramamoorthy, K ^a   Vyhlidal, C ^a   Wang, F ^a   Chen, I C ^a   Safe, S ^a   McDonnell, D P ^b   Leonard, L S ^c   Gaido, K W ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPORTER GENE; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0030704659     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8281     Document Type: Article

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