Mixture effects of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes (BTEX) on lung carcinoma cells via a hanging drop air exposure system

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 952-959

  Liu, Faye F ^a,b   Escher, Beate I ^a   Were, Stephen ^c   Duffy, Lesley ^d   Ng, Jack C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b University of South Australia and CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANCER CELL; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY WEIGHT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; AIR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; LUNG TUMOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PATHOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TUMOR CELL CULTURE;

AIR; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOLUENE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; XYLENES;

EID: 84902441338     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx5000552     Document Type: Article

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