Assessment of hormonal activities and genotoxicity of industrial effluents using in vitro bioassays combined with chemical analysis

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1273-1282

  Fang, Yi Xiang ^a   Ying, Guang Guo ^a   Zhao, Jian Liang ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Liu, Shan ^a   Zhang, Li Juan ^a   Yang, Bin ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental estrogens; Genotoxicity; Hormonal effects; Industrial effluents; The Pearl River Delta region

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; GENOTOXICITIES; HORMONAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION;

BIOASSAY; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE;

EFFLUENTS;

BENZO[A]PYRENE;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DYE; EFFLUENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENOTOXICITY; HORMONE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAH; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RISK FACTOR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENOTOXICITY; HORMONE ACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; YEAST;

ANDROGENS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; MUTAGENS; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RIVERS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84861225473     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1811     Document Type: Article

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