. "Although passive sampling has been previously used for the monitoring of volatile and semi-volatile contaminants in air, there are limited data on the use of this technique coupled with bioassays based on specific biological responses. Biological responses including those mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon (AhR) receptor as well as (anti-)estrogenicity and (anti-)androgenicity of samples from four Eastern European countries (Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, and Serbia) were determined. To address the potential differences of specific toxic potencies of pollutant mixtures in ambient air in Eastern Europe, each country was characterized by a single more remote location that served to determine regional background conditions and one location in more urbanized and industrialized locations, which were defined as %22impacted%22 areas. Besides samples from Lithuania, a significant gradient in concentrations of AhR-mediated potency from background and impacted localities was observed." . "0167-6369" . "186" . "6" . "4"^^ . . . . . "Effect-based assessment of passive air samples from four countries in Eastern Europe" . "\u00C9rsekov\u00E1, Anita" . "NL - Nizozemsko" . . . "Environmental Monitoring and Assessment" . "RIV/00216224:14310/14:00074432!RIV15-MSM-14310___" . "Nov\u00E1k, Ji\u0159\u00ED" . . . . . "Effect-based assessment of passive air samples from four countries in Eastern Europe" . . . . . "http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-014-3667-z" . "13615" . "Effect-based assessment of passive air samples from four countries in Eastern Europe"@en . . "Effect-based assessment of passive air samples from four countries in Eastern Europe"@en . "[2AF9B39092A2]" . . "000335156600045" . . "RIV/00216224:14310/14:00074432" . "10.1007/s10661-014-3667-z" . "Giesy, J. P." . . . "Ambient air; Passive sampling; AhR-mediated toxicity; Estrogenicity; Androgenicity"@en . . "Although passive sampling has been previously used for the monitoring of volatile and semi-volatile contaminants in air, there are limited data on the use of this technique coupled with bioassays based on specific biological responses. Biological responses including those mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon (AhR) receptor as well as (anti-)estrogenicity and (anti-)androgenicity of samples from four Eastern European countries (Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, and Serbia) were determined. To address the potential differences of specific toxic potencies of pollutant mixtures in ambient air in Eastern Europe, each country was characterized by a single more remote location that served to determine regional background conditions and one location in more urbanized and industrialized locations, which were defined as %22impacted%22 areas. Besides samples from Lithuania, a significant gradient in concentrations of AhR-mediated potency from background and impacted localities was observed."@en . "14310" . "12"^^ . "Hilscherov\u00E1, Kl\u00E1ra" . "Kl\u00E1nov\u00E1, Jana" . "5"^^ . . "P(GPP503/10/P249), P(LO1214), S" .