Estrogenic activity of treated municipal effluent from seven sewage treatment plants in Victoria, Australia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 853-856

  Mispagel, C ^a   Shiraishi, F ^b   Allinson, M ^a   Allinson, G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; SCREENING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; WATER POLLUTION; YEAST; ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIVER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; ORYZIAS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; HUMANS; LIVER; ORYZIAS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEWAGE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; VICTORIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 24344494427     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0659-2     Document Type: Article

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