Modeling of DR CALUX® bioassay response to screen PCDDs, PCDFs, and dioxin-like PCBs in farm milk from dairy herds

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-375

  Fochi, Igor ^a   Brambilla, Gianfranco ^a   De Filippis, Stefania P ^a   De Luca, Silvia ^a   Diletti, Gianfranco ^b   Fulgenzi, Annarita ^a   Gallo, Pasquale ^c   Iacovella, Nicola ^a   Scortichini, Giampiero ^b   Serpe, Luigi ^c   Vinci, Floriana ^c   di Domenico, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Dioxin; Dioxin like PCB; Milk; Screening

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; HERD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GOATS; LINEAR MODELS; MILK; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 41949085556     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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