Endocrine potency of wastewater: Contents of endocrine disrupting chemicals and effects measured by in vivo and in vitro assays

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-426

  Kusk, Kresten Ole ^a   Krüger, Tanja ^b   Long, Manhai ^b   Taxvig, Camilla ^a   Lykkesfeldt, Anne E ^c   Frederiksen, Hanne ^d   Andersson, Anna Maria ^d   Andersen, Henrik R ^a   Hansen, Kamilla M S ^a   Nellemann, Christine ^a   Bonefeld Jørgensen, Eva C ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Institute of Cancer Biology   (Denmark)

^d Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Hormone dioxin activity; Steroidogenesis; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ARYL HYDROCARBONS; CLEANING EFFICIENCY; DETECTION LIMITS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING PROPERTIES; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; HORMONE/DIOXIN ACTIVITY; IN-VITRO ASSAYS; IN-VIVO; LIFE STAGES; MUNICIPAL EFFLUENTS; PARABENS; PHTHALATE METABOLITES; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYNTHETIC STEROIDS; TYPICAL URBAN; ULTRAVIOLET SCREENS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CHEMICAL DETECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ESTERS; EXTRACTION; HORMONES; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INDUSTRY; PHENOLS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4 METHOXYCINNAMIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZYL PARABEN; BUTYL PARABEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHYL PARABEN; HOMOSALATE; METHYL PARABEN; NONYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL; OXYBENZONE; PHENOL; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROPYL PARABEN; SUNSCREEN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOASSAY; CRUSTACEAN; DIOXIN; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EXTRACTION METHOD; HORMONE; INHIBITION; METABOLITE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STEROID; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN GH3; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPEPOD; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; COPEPODA; DENMARK; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; PARABENS; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; STEROIDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YEASTS;

ACARTIA TONSA; COPEPODA;

EID: 78651370416     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.385     Document Type: Article

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