Toxic masking and synergistic modulation of the estrogenic activity of chemical mixtures in a yeast estrogen screen (YES)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 593-603

  Frische, Tobias ^a   Faust, Michael ^b   Meyer, Wiebke ^b   Backhaus, Thomas ^c  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Concentration addition; Mixtures; Synergistic modulation; Toxic masking; Yeast estrogen screen (YES)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOASSAY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND; SAMPLING; SURFACTANT; SYNERGISM; YEAST;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70349580381     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0184-7     Document Type: Article

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