Using the dioxin receptor-calux in vitro bioassay to screen marine harbor sediments for compounds with a dioxin-like mode of action

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2552-2561

  Stronkhorst, Joost ^a   Leonards, Pim ^b   Murk, Albertinka J ^b  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Classification; Dioxins; Dredged material; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Screening bioassay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENZYMES; GENES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DREDGED MATERIALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOASSAY; DIOXIN; HARBOR; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLASSIFICATION; DIOXIN RECEPTOR CALUX BIOASSAY; DREDGING; GENE EXPRESSION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SEA; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUCIFERASES; NETHERLANDS; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0036889361     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620211205     Document Type: Article

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