Dioxin and dioxin-like activity in sediments of the Belgian coastal area (southern North Sea)

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 317-325

  Sanctorum, Hermes ^a   Windal, Isabelle ^b   Hanot, Vincent ^b   Goeyens, Leo ^a,b   Baeyens, Willy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL ZONE; DIOXIN; PAH; PCB; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DIOXINS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIGANDS; MICE; NORTH SEA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 33947547111     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0063-x     Document Type: Article

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