Receptor-mediated estrogenicity of native and chemically dispersed crude oil determined using adapted microscale reporter gene assays

Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) emerged as a major concern for water quality in the last decade and have been studied extensively since. Besides typical natural and synthetic estrogens also petroleum product compounds such as some PAHs have been identified as potential EDCs, revealing endocrin...

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Main Authors: Sarah Johann, Milena Esser, Leonie Nüßer, Dag Altin, Henner Hollert, Thomas-Benjamin Seiler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019330429