Endocrine disrupting, mutagenic, and teratogenic effects of upper Danube River sediments using effect-directed analysis

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1053-1062

  Higley, Eric ^a   Grund, Stefanie ^b   Jones, Paul D ^a,c   Schulze, Tobias ^d   Seiler, Thomas B ^e   Varel, Urte Lübcke von ^d   Brack, Werner ^d   Wölz, Jan ^e   Zielke, Hanno ^e   Giesy, John P ^a,f,g   Hollert, Henner ^e   Hecker, Markus ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Mutagen; Polyaromatic hydrocarbon; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; FRACTIONATION; HYDROCARBONS; MUTAGENS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEDIMENTS;

CAUSATIVE AGENTS; DANUBE RIVERS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; EFFECT-DIRECTED ANALYSIS; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TERATOGENIC EFFECT; TOXIC CHEMICALS;

TOXICITY;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NAPHTHYL GROUP; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STEROL DERIVATIVE;

BIOASSAY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; MUTAGENICITY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PAH; PCB; PCDF; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

AMES TEST; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTIONATION; GERMANY; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; STEROIDOGENESIS; TERATOGENICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

DANUBE RIVER; GERMANY;

EID: 84859864125     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1777     Document Type: Article

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