An approach to evaluation of the effect of bioremediation on biological activity of environmental contaminants: Dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-185

  Ganey, Patricia E ^a   Boyd, Steven A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Cytochrome P450; Dechlorination; In vitro fertilization; Insulin; Neutrophil; PCB; Transcription; Uterine contraction

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; AROCLOR 1242; AROCLOR 1248; AROCLOR 1254; CYTOCHROME P450; INSULIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; DECHLORINATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 14744272166     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6935     Document Type: Article

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