Mixtures of chemical pollutants at European legislation safety concentrations: How safe are they?

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 218-233

  Carvalho, Raquel N ^a   Arukwe, Augustine ^b   Ait Aissa, Selim ^c   Bado Nilles, Anne ^c,d   Balzamo, Stefania ^e   Baun, Anders ^f   Belkin, Shimshon ^g   Blaha, Ludek ^h   Brion, François ^c   Conti, Daniela ^e   Creusot, Nicolas ^c   Essig, Yona ⁱ   Ferrero, Valentina E V ^a   Flander Putrle, V Vesna ^j   Fürhacker, Maria ^k   Grillari Voglauer, Regina ^k   Hogstrand, Christer ⁱ   Jonáš, Adam ^h   Kharlyngdoh, Joubert B ^l   Loos, Robert ^a   Lundebye, Anne Katrine ^m   Modig, Carina ^l   Olsson, Per Erik ^l   Pillai, Smitha ^k   Polak, Natasa ⁱ   Potalivo, Monica ^e   Sanchez, Wilfried ^c   Schifferli, Andrea ⁿ   Schirmer, Kristin ^n,o,p   Sforzini, Susanna ^q   Stürzenbaum, Stephen R ⁱ   Søfteland, Liv ^m   Turk, Valentina ^j   Viarengo, Aldo ^q   Werner, Inge ⁿ   Yagur Kroll, S Sharon ^g   Zounkova, Radká ^h   Lettieri, Teresa ^a   more..

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^h MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^l ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^m INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

ⁿ SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^o ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^p EPFL   (Switzerland)

^q UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

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Author keywords

bioassays; Biomarkers; Ecotoxicology; Effects; Mixtures

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; PLASTICIZER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SURFACTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL SAFETY; CHEMICAL TERATOGENESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA MAGNA; ECOTOXICITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOTOXICITY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RECEPTOR BINDING ASSAY; REPORTER GENE; TROPHIC LEVEL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84913611065     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu118     Document Type: Article

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