Occurrence of thyroid hormone activities in drinking water from eastern China: Contributions of phthalate esters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1811-1818

  Shi, Wei ^a   Hu, Xinxin ^a   Zhang, Fengxian ^a   Hu, Guanjiu ^b   Hao, Yingqun ^b   Zhang, Xiaowei ^a   Liu, Hongling ^a   Wei, Si ^a   Wang, Xinru ^c   Giesy, John P ^a,d,e,f,g,h   Yu, Hongxia ^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 UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE CHEMICALS; AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; AGONIST ACTIVITY; ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY; BOILING WATER; CELL-BASED; DI-2-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE; DI-BUTYL PHTHALATE; EASTERN CHINA; IN-VITRO; LOCAL RESIDENTS; PHTHALATE ESTER; PHTHALATES; RELATED RISK; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS; SOURCE WATERS; SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS; TAP WATER; THYROID HORMONES; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ; TOXICITY POTENTIAL; TREATMENT PROCESS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SOURCE;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; COAGULATION; ESTERIFICATION; GENES; HORMONES; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

ESTERS;

BOILING WATER; DRINKING WATER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; TAP WATER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLORINATION; COAGULATION; DRINKING WATER; ESTER; FILTRATION; HORMONE; OXIC CONDITIONS; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHINA; CHLORINATION; FILTRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; OZONATION; REPORTER GENE; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHINA; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTERS; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84863011619     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es202625r     Document Type: Article

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