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A.D. Vethaak

A.D. Vethaak

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
62
Citations
20036
World Ranking
2557
National Ranking
71

Best Publications

  • Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know

    Martin Wagner;Christian Scherer;Diana Alvarez-Muñoz;Nicole Brennholt

  • Marine microplastic debris: An emerging issue for food security, food safety and human health.

    Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza;Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza;A. Dick Vethaak;Beatriz R.B.O. Lavorante;Anne Katrine Lundebye

  • Microplastics and human health

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  • Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota

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  • Health Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals on Wildlife, with Special Reference to the European Situation

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  • Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area.

    Lisa I. Devriese;Myra D. van der Meulen;Thomas Maes;Karen Bekaert

  • Analysis and occurrence of estrogenic hormones and their glucuronides in surface water and waste water in The Netherlands

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  • An integrated assessment of estrogenic contamination and biological effects in the aquatic environment of The Netherlands

    A. Dick Vethaak;Joost Lahr;S. Marca Schrap;Angélique C. Belfroid

  • Screening for microplastics in sediment, water, marine invertebrates and fish: Method development and microplastic accumulation

    Therese M. Karlsson;Therese M. Karlsson;A. Dick Vethaak;Bethanie Carney Almroth;Freek Ariese

  • Development of a stably transfected estrogen receptor-mediated luciferase reporter gene assay in the human T47D breast cancer cell line.

    J Legler;C E van den Brink;A Brouwer;A J Murk

  • Towards the review of the European Union Water Framework Directive: Recommendations for more efficient assessment and management of chemical contamination in European surface water resources.

    Werner Brack;Werner Brack;Valeria Dulio;Marlene Ågerstrand;Ian Allan

  • Plastic Debris Is a Human Health Issue

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  • Microplastics contamination in molluscs from the northern part of the Persian Gulf

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  • Micro- and Nanoplastics Breach the Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB): Biomolecular Corona’s Role Revealed

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  • Microplastics Baseline Surveys at the Water Surface and in Sediments of the North-East Atlantic

    Thomas Maes;Myra D. Van der Meulen;Lisa I. Devriese;Heather A. Leslie

  • Characterizing export of land-based microplastics to the estuary - Part I: Application of integrated geospatial microplastic transport models to assess tire and road wear particles in the Seine watershed.

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  • Metabolism, food consumption and growth of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) and flounder (Platichthys flesus) in relation to fish size and temperature

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  • Using numerical model simulations to improve the understanding of micro-plastic distribution and pathways in the marine environment

    Britta D. Hardesty;Joseph Harari;Atsuhiko Isobe;Laurent Lebreton

  • Comparison of in vivo and in vitro reporter gene assays for short-term screening of estrogenic activity.

    Juliette Legler;Laura M. Zeinstra;Femke Schuitemaker;Peter H. Lanser

  • Detection of estrogenic activity in sediment-associated compounds using in vitro reporter gene assays

    Juliette Legler;Martine Dennekamp;A.Dick Vethaak;Abraham Brouwer

Frequent Co-Authors

Ketil Hylland
Ketil Hylland University of Oslo
Pim E.G. Leonards
Pim E.G. Leonards Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Ian M. Davies
Ian M. Davies Marine Scotland
Sabine Pahl
Sabine Pahl University of Vienna
Wim Admiraal
Wim Admiraal University of Amsterdam
Philippe Soudant
Philippe Soudant French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Robin J. Law
Robin J. Law Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Hélène Budzinski
Hélène Budzinski University of Bordeaux
Michiel H. S. Kraak
Michiel H. S. Kraak University of Amsterdam
Bjørn Munro Jenssen
Bjørn Munro Jenssen Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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