Contribution of Priority PAHs and POPs to Ah Receptor-Mediated Activities in Sediment Samples from the River Elbe Estuary, Germany

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Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Otte, Jens C ^a   Keiter, Steffen ^c   Faßbender, Christopher ^b   Higley, Eric B ^f   Rocha, Paula Suares ^b   Brinkmann, Markus ^c   Wahrendorf, Dierk Steffen ^d   Manz, Werner ^e   Wetzel, Markus A ^d   Braunbeck, Thomas ^b   Giesy, John P ^f,h,i,j   Hecker, Markus ^f,g   Hollert, Henner ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^e University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^g University of Saskatchewan   (Canada)

^h MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; LUCIFERASE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CELL STRAIN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; GERMANY; H4IIE LUC CELL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; REFERENCE VALUE; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESTUARIES; GENES, REPORTER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LUCIFERASES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RIVERS;

EID: 84885403922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075596     Document Type: Article

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