Estrogen-, androgen- and aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediated activities in passive and composite samples from municipal waste and surface waters

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 372-383

  Jalova V ^a   Jarosova B ^a   Blaha L ^a   Giesy, J P ^b,c,d,e,f   Ocelka, T ^g   Grabic, R ^h   Jurcikova J ^g   Vrana, B ^a   Hilscherova K ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Androgenic; Bioassay in vitro; Cytotoxicity; Dioxin like; Estrogenic; Passive sampling

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CYTOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; IMPURITIES; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANDROGENIC; DIOXIN LIKES; ESTROGENIC; IN-VITRO; PASSIVE SAMPLING;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFONAMIDE;

ANDROGEN; BIOASSAY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; POLAR ORGANIC CHEMICAL INTEGRATIVE SAMPLER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RIVER; SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIPERMEABLE MEMBRANE DEVICES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANDROGENIC; BIOASSAY IN VITRO; CYTOTOXICITY; DIOXIN-LIKE; ESTROGENIC; PASSIVE SAMPLING;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CITIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIOXINS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; PESTICIDES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RIVERS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84881242487     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.024     Document Type: Article

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