Chemicals having estrogenic activity can be released from some bisphenol a-free, hard and clear, thermoplastic resins

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bittner, George D ^a,b   Denison, Michael S ^c   Yang, Chun Z ^a   Stoner, Matthew A ^a   He, Guochun ^c  

^a CertiChem Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BG1Luc; Bisphenol A; Estrogenic activity; MCF 7; Thermoplastic resins; Tritan

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALCOHOL; ALKENE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COPOLYMER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FULVESTRANT; GLYCOL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYSTYRENE; RESIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMOPLASTIC RESIN; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ESTROGEN; PLASTIC; POLYMER;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHILD HEALTH; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; PROTEIN; RESIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEACHING; MCF 7 CELL LINE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; BIOASSAY; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; FOOD PACKAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; PRESSURE; STANDARDS;

MAMMALIA;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESTROGENS; FOOD PACKAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84989229101     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-103     Document Type: Article

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