What level of estrogenic activity determined by in vitro assays in municipal waste waters can be considered as safe?
In vitro assays are broadly used tools to evaluate the estrogenic activity in Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) effluents and their receiving rivers. Since potencies of individual estrogens to induce in vitro and in vivo responses can differ it is not possible to directly evaluate risks based on in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-03-01
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| Series: | Environment International |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412013002985 |