An assessment of endocrine activity in Australian rivers using chemical and in vitro analyses

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 12951-12967

  Scott, Philip D ^a   Bartkow, Michael ^b   Blockwell, Stephen J ^c   Coleman, Heather M ^d   Khan, Stuart J ^d   Lim, Richard ^e   McDonald, James A ^d   Nice, Helen ^f   Nugegoda, Dayanthi ^g   Pettigrove, Vincent ^h   Tremblay, Louis A ^i,j   Warne, Michael St J ^k   Leusch, Frederic D L ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Seqwater   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^g RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^j CAWTHRON INSTITUTE   (New Zealand)

^k DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

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Author keywords

AR CALUX; EDC; Endocrine disruption; ER CALUX; Ethinylestradiol; Keywords; PR CALUX

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; IC50; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RIVER; TOXICITY; TUMOR CELL LINE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PHENOLS; RIVERS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84920378992     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3235-7     Document Type: Article

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