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xenoestrogenicity

xenoestrogenicity

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Noun

xenoestrogenicity (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being a xenoestrogen
    • 2015 November 11, “Environmental Polychlorinated Biphenyl Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0142513:
      Interestingly, studies have extracted the fraction containing the mixture of legacy POPs, including the PCBs, and found a correlation between the chemical level of POP biomarkers and the xenoestrogenicity of the serum POP mixture related to the detected level: the xenoestrogenic activity of the Inuit's (high serum PCB levels) and Warsaw study groups (lower PCB levels) elicited high frequency of samples with ER antagonistic and agonistic activity, respectively.