Combination of in vitro bioassays encompassing different mechanisms to determine the endocrine-disrupting effects of river water

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 354, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 252-264

  Oh, Seung Min ^a   Park, Kwangsik ^b   Chung, Kyu Hyuck ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Dongduk Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antiestrogenicity; Estrogenicity; In vitro bioassay; River water

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; RIVERS; TOXICITY; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIESTROGENECITY; ESTROGENECITY; IN VITRO BIOASSAYS; RIVER WATERS;

BIOASSAY;

3 METHYLCHOLANTHRENE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; RIVER WATER;

BIOASSAY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; RIVER POLLUTION;

ACCURACY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION; KOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; KOREA; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA; YOUNGSAN RIVER;

EID: 29944437822     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.01.041     Document Type: Article

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