Direct assessment of cumulative aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist activity in sera from experimentally exposed mice and environmentally exposed humans

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 693-698

  Schlezinger, Jennifer J ^a   Bernard, Pamela L ^a   Haas, Amelia ^b   Grandjean, Philippe ^c,d   Weihe, Pal ^e   Sherr, David H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Dioxin toxicity; Faroe Islands; Human serum; Immuno toxicity; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR AGONIST; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYMUS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

DELPHINIDAE; MUS;

EID: 77951738343     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901113     Document Type: Article

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