Levels of dioxin-like compounds in sewage sludge determined with a bioassay based on EROD induction in chicken embryo liver cultures

Chemosphere

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2327-2343

  Engwall, Magnus ^a   Brunström, Björn ^a   Näf, Carina ^b   Hjelm, Katarina ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

7 Ethoxyresorufin O deethylase; Cytochrome P4501A; Sewage sludge; Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin equivalents

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME INDUCTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAKE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DIOXINS; LIVER; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033120642     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00437-8     Document Type: Article

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