Identification of Ah receptor agonists in soil of E-waste recycling sites from Taizhou area in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-55

  Shen, Chaofeng ^a,b   Huang, Shengbiao ^b   Wang, Zijian ^b   Qiao, Min ^b   Tang, Xianjin ^a   Yu, Chunna ^a   Shi, Dezhi ^a   Zhu, Youfeng ^a   Shi, Jiyan ^a   Chen, Xincai ^a   Setty, Karen ^c   Chen, Yingxu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR (AHR); CONGENER PROFILES ANALYSIS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING; SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOASSAY; ENZYME; HYDROCARBON; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; RECYCLING; RODENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECYCLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WASTE PRODUCTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

RATTUS;

EID: 37549024211     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071162z     Document Type: Article

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