Activity of xenoestrogens at nanomolar concentrations in the E-screen assay

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue SUPPL1, 2007, Pages 91-97

  Silva, Elisabete ^a   Scholze, Martin ^a   Kortenkamp, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Exposure assessment; Low dose; NOEC; Regression modeling

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR CELL LINE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 40949148253     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9363     Document Type: Article

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