Exposure to perfluorinated compounds: in vitro study on thyroid cells

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2287-2294

  Coperchini, Francesca ^a   Pignatti, Patrizia ^b   Lacerenza, Serena ^a   Negri, Sara ^b   Sideri, Riccardo ^a   Testoni, Claudia ^b   de Martinis, Luca ^a   Cottica, Danilo ^b   Magri, Flavia ^a   Imbriani, Marcello ^b   Rotondi, Mario ^a   Chiovato, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Fisher rat thyroid line 5 (FRTL 5); Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs); Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; FLUORINE; GENOTOXICITY; IN SITU TEST; RODENT; SULFONATE; TOXICITY TEST; VIABILITY;

RATTUS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; RAT; THYROID GLAND; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CAPRYLATES; CELL DEATH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; RATS; THYROID GLAND; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84934279479     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3480-9     Document Type: Article

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