Presence of estrogenic activity from emission of fossil fuel combustion as detected by a recombinant yeast bioassay

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 3225-3235

  Wang, Jingxian ^a,b   Wu, Wenzhong ^a   Henkelmann, Bernhard ^b   You, Li ^a,c   Kettrup, Antonius ^b,d   Schramm, Karl Werner ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CIIT CENTERS FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emission; Estrogenic activity; Fossil fuel; Yeast bioassay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; POWER PLANTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

COAL; DIESEL FUEL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FOSSIL FUEL; PETROLEUM; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOASSAY; COMBUSTION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FOSSIL FUEL;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMBUSTION; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXHAUST GAS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

EID: 0037707401     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00320-0     Document Type: Article

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