Evaluation of the suitability of recombinant yeast-based estrogenicity assays as a pre-screening tool in environmental samples

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-367

  Brix, Rikke ^a   Noguerol, Tania Noelia ^a   Piña, Benjamin ^a   Balaam, Jan ^b   Nilsen, Anja Julie ^c   Tollefsen, Knut Erik ^c   Levy, Walkiria ^d   Schramm, Karl Werner ^d,e   Barceló, Damià ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Endocrine disruption; Screening methods; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; NOBELIUM; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SCREENING; WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; YEAST;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; RECOMBINANT YEAST; RECOMBINANT YEAST ASSAY; SCREENING METHODS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN; YEAST-BASED ASSAYS;

BIOASSAY;

ALKYLPHENOL; GENISTEIN; NONYLPHENOL;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; LABORATORY METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT YEAST ASSAY; RECOMBINANT YEAST BASED ESTROGENICITY ASSAY; RIKILT ESTROGEN BIOASSAY; SCREENING TEST; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN;

EID: 77950951063     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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