Estrogenic activity of ternary UV filter mixtures in fish (Pimephales promelas) - An analysis with nonlinear isobolograms

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-88

  Kunz, Petra Y ^a,b   Fent, Karl ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concentration addition; Estrogenicity; Fathead minnows; Nonlinear isobolographic analysis; Ternary mixtures; UV filter

Indexed keywords

3 BENZYLIDENE CAMPHOR; BENZOPHENONE; BENZOPHENONE 2; BENZORESORCINOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; SUNSCREEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UV FILTER; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONLINEAR ISOBOLOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BENZOPHENONES; BENZYL COMPOUNDS; CAMPHOR; CYPRINIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DRYOBALANOPS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 57149119050     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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