Substances with estrogenic activity in effluents of sewage treatment plants in southwestern Germany. 2. Biological analysis

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2142-2151

  Körner, Wolfgang ^a   Spengler, Peter ^b   Bolz, Ulrike ^a   Schuller, Winfried ^c   Hanf, Volker ^c   Metzger, Jörg W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal filtration; E Screen assay; Endocrine disruptors; Estradiol equivalent concentrations; Estrogens

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CELLS; CHARCOAL; FILTRATION; PILOT PLANTS; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TUMORS;

PROLIFERATION TESTS;

EFFLUENTS;

CHARCOAL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FILTRATION; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

CHARCOAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEWAGE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 0035655534     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620201002     Document Type: Article

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