Dioxin-like activity in environmental and human samples from Greenland and Denmark

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 919-928

  Long, Manhai ^a   Bonefeld Jørgensen, Eva C ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor; Biomonitoring; Dioxin; Europeans; Greenland; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HYDROCARBONS; MIXTURES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SCREENING; SOLVENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BIOMONITORING; DIOXIN; EUROPEANS; GREENLAND; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; DIOXIN; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLASTICIZER; SURFACE WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMONITORING; DIOXIN; EFFLUENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERUM; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; TOXICOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

APOPTOSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BREAST CANCER; DENMARK; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GREENLAND; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; SCREENING; TRANSACTIVATION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARCTIC; DENMARK; GREENLAND;

EID: 84865345982     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.055     Document Type: Review

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