Biological analysis of endocrine-disrupting compounds in tunisian sewage treatment plants

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Mnif, Wissem ^a,b,c,d   Dagnino, Sonia ^b,c,d,e   Escande, Aurélie ^b,c,d,e   Pillon, Arnaud ^b,c,d   Fenet, Hélène ^e   Gomez, Elena ^e   Casellas, Claude ^e   Duchesne, Marie Josèphe ^b,c,d   Hernandez Raquet, Guillermina ^f   Cavaillès, Vincent ^b,c,d   Balaguer, Patrick ^b,c,d   Bartegi, Aghleb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN CANCÉROLOGIE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PREGNANE X RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID; PROGESTERONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MCF 7 CELL LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TUNISIAN; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; TUNISIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANDROGENS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MINERALOCORTICOIDS; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SEWAGE; TUNISIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77955868810     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-009-9438-0     Document Type: Article

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