Effects of xenoestrogenic environmental pollutants on the proliferation of a human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 306-310

  Blom, A ^a   Ekman, E ^a   Johannisson, A ^a   Norrgren, L ^a   Pesonen, M ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; ESTROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; INFAUNA; PHOTOTOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS;

AMPHIPODA; BOVINAE; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; RHEPOXYNIUS ABRONIUS;

EID: 0031890427     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900322     Document Type: Article

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