Thyroid hormone disrupting activities associated with phthalate esters in water sources from Yangtze River Delta

Environment International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-123

  Shi, Wei ^a   Zhang, Feng Xian ^a   Hu, Guan Jiu ^b   Hao, Ying Qun ^b   Zhang, Xiao Wei ^a   Liu, Hong Ling ^a   Wei, Si ^a   Wang, Xin Ru ^c   Giesy, John P ^a,d,e,f,g,h   Yu, Hong Xia ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agonist equivalents; Antagonist equivalents; Dibutyl phthalate; Human risk; Reporter gene assay

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; GENES; GROUNDWATER; HORMONES; LAKES; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AGONIST EQUIVALENTS; ANTAGONIST EQUIVALENTS; DI-BUTYL PHTHALATE; HUMAN RISKS; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS;

ESTERS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; HORMONE; LAKE WATER; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; PHTHALATE; RIVER WATER; WATER RESOURCE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; HUAI RIVER; TAIHU LAKE; YANGTZE RIVER;

CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS;

EID: 84856735232     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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