Co-occurrence of estrogenic and antiestrogenic activities in wastewater: Quantitative evaluation of balance by in vitro ERα reporter gene assay and chemical analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6366-6373

  Ihara, Masaru ^a   Ihara, Mariko O ^a   Kumar, Vimal ^a,b   Narumiya, Masanori ^a   Hanamoto, Seiya ^a   Nakada, Norihide ^a   Yamashita, Naoyuki ^a   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^c   Iguchi, Taisen ^c   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GENES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PHENYLALANINE; TRYPTOPHAN; ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALCOHOL; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GENE; HEALTH RISK; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ANTIESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXTRACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HEK293 CELL LINE; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; ORYZIAS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901931480     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5014938     Document Type: Article

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