Effect-based trigger values for invitro bioassays: Reading across from existing water quality guideline values

Water Research

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-148

  Escher, Beate I ^a,b,c   Neale, Peta A ^c,d   Leusch, Frederic D L ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioanalytical equivalent concentration; Bioassay; Human health; Invitro; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); POTABLE WATER; WATER RECYCLING;

BIOANALYTICAL; BIOANALYTICAL EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATION; CELL-BASED BIOASSAYS; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; GUIDELINE VALUES; HUMAN HEALTH; IN-VITRO; RECYCLED WATER; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TYPES;

WATER QUALITY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HERBICIDE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOASSAY; DRINKING WATER; GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM; ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RECYCLING; STANDARDS; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RECYCLING; TOXICITY TESTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84930640917     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.05.049     Document Type: Article

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