Assessing the endocrine disrupting potentials and genotoxicity in environmental samples from Taiwanese rivers
Abstract Background Surface waters receive a variety of organic pollutants via wastewater discharge, and sediment represents a sink for hydrophobic contaminants. In this study, we used in vitro yeast-based reporter gene assays and a Bacillus subtilis Rec-assay to examine the occurrence of endocrine...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Genes and Environment |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41021-019-0140-9 |