Monitoring of dioxin-like, estrogenic and anti-androgenic activities in sediments of the Bizerta lagoon (Tunisia) by means of in vitro cell-based bioassays: Contribution of low concentrations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 402, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 318-329

  Louiz, I ^a,b,c   Kinani, S ^c,d   Gouze, M E ^c   Ben Attia, M ^b   Menif, D ^a   Bouchonnet, S ^d   Porcher, J M ^c   Ben Hassine, O K ^a   Ait Aissa S ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE HÉTÉROÉLÉMENTS ET COORDINATION   (France)

Author keywords

Anti androgenicity; Benzo a pyrene and dioxin equivalents; Bizerta lagoon sediments; Dioxin like activity; Estrogenicity; In vitro cell bioassays; PAH contamination

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CONTAMINATION; LAKES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTS;

ANTI-ANDROGENICITY; BENZO [A] PYRENE; BIZERTA LAGOONS; DIOXIN-LIKE ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENICITY; IN-VITRO;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LAGOON; MONITORING; PAH;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; WINTER;

AFRICA; BIZERTE; BIZERTE LAGOON; GHAR EL MELH LAGOON; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

EID: 48649101056     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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