Mixture effects at very low doses with combinations of anti-androgenic pesticides, antioxidants, industrial pollutant and chemicals used in personal care products

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-208

  Orton, Frances ^a,c   Ermler, Sibylle ^a   Kugathas, Subramaniam ^a   Rosivatz, Erika ^b   Scholze, Martin ^a   Kortenkamp, Andreas ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti androgen; AR antagonism; Concentration addition; Endocrine disruption; Mixture

Indexed keywords

3 (4 METHYLBENZYLIDENE)CAMPHOR; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BUTYL PARABEN; BUTYLATED HYDROXYANISOLE; BUTYLCRESOL; CHLORPROPHAM; CYPRODINIL; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENILCONAZOLE; ETHYL PARABEN; HYDROXYBIPHENYL; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; LINURON; METHIOCARB; METHYL PARABEN; OXYBENZONE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PESTICIDE; PROPYL PARABEN; TEBUCONAZOLE; VINCLOZOLIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FILTER; REPORTER GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTI-ANDROGEN; AR ANTAGONISM; CONCENTRATION ADDITION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; MIXTURE;

ANDROGENS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-ANDROGENS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PESTICIDES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84902304619     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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