Comparison between estrogenicities estimated from DNA recombinant yeast assay and from chemical analyses of endocrine disruptors during sewage treatment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-132

  Tanaka, H ^a   Yakou, Y ^a   Takahashi, A ^a   Higashitani, T ^a   Komori, K ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors (EDs); Estrogenicity; Recombinant yeast assay; 17 estradiol; Sewage treatment plants; Theoretical estrogenicity; Yeast estrogen inducible expression system (YES)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; SURFACTANT;

ASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; THEORETICAL STUDY; YEAST;

EID: 0035105274     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0081     Document Type: Conference Paper

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