The detection of dioxin- and estrogen-like pollutants in marine and freshwater fishes cultivated in Pearl River Delta, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2302-2309

  Wei, X ^a   Ching, L Y ^a   Cheng, S H ^b   Wong, M H ^a   Wong, Chris K C ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Colony formation assay; Luciferase; MCF7; Real time PCR; Western blot

Indexed keywords

COLONY FORMATION; COLONY FORMATION ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINANTS; FRESHWATER FISHES; HUMAN HEALTH; LUCIFERASE ACTIVITIES; LUCIFERASE REPORTER ASSAYS; MCF-7 CELLS; MEAN VALUES; MIXTURE EFFECTS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POST TREATMENT; REAL-TIME PCR; RETINOBLASTOMA; WESTERN BLOTS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASSAYS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EXTRACTION; FISH; GROWTH KINETICS; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; SEAWATER;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DIOXIN; ESTROGEN; LUCIFERASE;

BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; CELL ORGANELLE; DETECTION METHOD; DIOXIN; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FISH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TCDD;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESHWATER FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIOXINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; FISHES; LUCIFERASES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

PISCES;

EID: 77953293149     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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