QSAR modeling and prediction of the endocrine-disrupting potencies of brominated flame retardants

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 946-954

  Papa, Ester ^a   Kovarich, Simona ^a   Gramatica, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOL; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; BROMINE; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A BIS(2,3) DIBROMOPROPYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BROMINATION; ECOTOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; IC 50; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MODELS, MOLECULAR; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 77952353333     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx1000392     Document Type: Article

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