A yeast estrogen screen without extraction provides fast, reliable measures of estrogenic activity

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2261-2269

  Colosi, Joseph C ^a   Kney, Arthur D ^b  

^a DESALES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Estrogenicity; Microconstituents; Wastewater; Yeast estrogen screen

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENICITY; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MICROCONSTITUENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN;

BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; YEAST;

EFFLUENTS;

ESTRADIOL;

ALCOHOL; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN NO EXTRACTION;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; PENNSYLVANIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052615468     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.618     Document Type: Article

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