Evaluation of the estrogenic potential of river and treated waters in the Paris area (France) using in vivo and in vitro assays

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-156

  Cargouët, Maëlle ^a   Perdiz, Daniel ^a   Levi, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Disinfection by products; Drinking water treatment plant; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Estrogenic potential; MELN cells.; River; Treated water; Vitellogenin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROPHENOL; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; RIVER WATER; VITELLOGENIN;

CHLORINATION; DRINKING WATER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNOASSAY; PROTEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REPRODUCTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; WILDLIFE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; DISINFECTANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTROGENS; FRESH WATER; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; MALE; PARIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE-DE-PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 34047110690     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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