Thresholds of toxicological concern for endocrine active substances in the aquatic environment

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-11

  Gross, Melanie ^a   Daginnus, Klaus ^b   Deviller, Genevieve ^b   De Wolf, Watze ^c   Dungey, Stephen ^d   Galli, Corrado ^e   Gourmelon, Anne ^f   Jacobs, Miriam ^b   Matthiessen, Peter ^g   Micheletti, Christian ^b   Nestmann, Earle ^h   Pavan, Manuela ^b   Paya Perez, Ana ^b   Ratte, Hans Toni ⁱ   Safford, Bob ^j   Sokull Klüttgen, Birgit ^b   Stock, Frauke ^k   Stolzenberg, Hans Christian ^k   Wheeler, James ^l   Willuhn, Marc ^m   Worth, Andrew ^b   Comenges, Jose Manuel Zaldivar ^b   Crane, Mark ^a   more..

^a WCA ENVIRONMENT LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c Europ Cncl DuPont/Protein T   (Belgium)

^d ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f OECD   (France)

^g Old School House   (United Kingdom)

^h Cantox Health Sciences International   (Canada)

ⁱ RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^k UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^l JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^m Cefic   (Belgium)

more..

Author keywords

Endocrine active substances; Estrogen Risk assessment; Threshold of toxicological concern

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77249139402     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2008-092.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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