In vitro biomonitoring in polar extracts of solid phase matrices reveals the presence of unknown compounds with estrogenic activity

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 239-250

  Legler, J ^a,b   Leonards, P ^a   Spenkelink, A ^a   Murk, A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estrogenicity; Fish; Mussels; Particulate matter; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALKYLPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; HORMONE; PHTHALIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; TISSUE EXTRACT;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOMONITORING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MEDIATED CHEMICAL ACTIVATED LUCIFERASE GENE EXPRESSION ASSAY; FLATFISH; IN VITRO STUDY; LAKE; MUSSEL; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SOLID; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABRAMIS; ABRAMIS BRAMA; ANIMALIA; BRAMA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DREISSENA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; PLATICHTHYS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0242500453     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022558911779     Document Type: Article

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