Integrating omic technologies into aquatic ecological risk assessment and environmental monitoring: Hurdles, achievements, and future outlook

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Van Aggelen, Graham ^a   Ankley, Gerald T ^b   Baldwin, William S ^c   Bearden, Daniel W ^d   Benson, William H ^b   Chipman, J Kevin ^e   Collette, Tim W ^b   Craft, John A ^f   Denslow, Nancy D ^g   Embry, Michael R ^h   Falciani, Francesco ^e   George, Stephen G ⁱ   Helbing, Caren C ^j   Hoekstra, Paul F ^k   Iguchi, Taisen ^l   Kagami, Yoshi ^m   Katsiadaki, Ioanna ⁿ   Kille, Peter ^o   Liu, Li ^g   Lord, Peter G ^p   McIntyre, Terry ^a   O'Neill, Anne ^q   Osachoff, Heather ^a   Perkins, Ed J ^r   Santos, Eduarda M ^s   Skirrow, Rachel C ^a   Snape, Jason R ^t   Tyler, Charles R ^s   Versteeg, Don ^u   Viant, Mark R ^e   Volz, David C ^v   Williams, Tim D ^e   Yu, Lorraine ^a   more..

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^h ILSI HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^k JEALOTT S HILL RESEARCH STATION   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^m Ecogenomics Inc   (Japan)

ⁿ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^o CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^p JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^q ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^r U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^t ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^u PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^v SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Environment; Environmental monitoring; Fish; Metabolomics; Microarray; Regulatory toxicology; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOINFORMATICS; CASE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; METABOLOMICS; NOTE; OMIC TECHNOLOGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 77149124246     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900985     Document Type: Note

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