Validation and application of a rapid in vitro assay for assessing the estrogenic potency of halogenated phenolic chemicals

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 9-12, 1998, Pages 2395-2407

  Körner, Wolfgang ^a   Hanf, Volker ^b   Schulter, Winfried ^a   Bartsch, Hella ^c   Zwirner, Manfred ^c   Hagenmaier, Hanspaul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 CHLORO ORTHO CRESOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CHLOROCRESOL; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HALOPHENOL; HERBICIDE; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HALOGENS; HUMANS; PHENOLS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOXICITY TESTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032191434     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00297-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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