A pilot study of the water quality of the Yarra River, Victoria, Australia, using in vitro techniques

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 591-596

  Allinson, Mayumi ^a,b   Shiraishi, Fujio ^c   Kamata, Ryo ^c   Kageyama, Shiho ^c   Nakajima, Daisuke ^c   Goto, Sumio ^d   Allinson, Graeme ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Australia; High throughput luminescent umu test; Recombinant receptor reporter gene bioassay; Victoria; Yarra River

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR-REPORTER GENE BIOASSAY; VICTORIA; YARRA RIVER;

BIOASSAY; CATCHMENTS; GENES; HYDROCARBONS; LUMINESCENCE; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOASSAY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RIVERS; VICTORIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

ORYZIAS; ORYZIINAE; PHOTOBACTERIUM;

EID: 80054120408     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-011-0394-9     Document Type: Article

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