Assessment of estrogenic activity of leachate from automobile tires with two in vitro bioassays

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 74-79

  Li, Wen ^a   Seifert, Martin ^b   Xu, Ying ^a   Hock, Bertold ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ELRA; Estrogenic activity; Tire leachate; YES assay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY;

EID: 32644440151     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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