Role of the estrogen receptor in the action of organochlorine pesticides on estrogen metabolism in human breast cancer cell lines

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 208, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Bradlow, H Leon ^a,c   Davis, Devra ^b   Sepkovic, Daniel W ^a   Tiwari, Raj ^a   Osborne, Michael P ^a  

^a Strang Cancer Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Estrogen metabolism; Hydroxylation; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; 2 HYDROXYESTRONE; 3 INDOLEMETHANOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RISK; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROXYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYLATION; INDOLES; INSECTICIDES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; THIOCARBAMATES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031551925     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00287-8     Document Type: Article

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