title: Reply to Koppe and Ten Tusscher's letter to the Editor concerning the use of human peripheral blood lymphocytes to determine relative effect potencies for dioxin like compounds.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Toxicology, Yalelaan 104, 3584 CM Utrecht, Netherlands. Electronic address: k.i.vanede@uu.nl.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Ede
authors.affiliation: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Toxicology, Yalelaan 104, 3584 CM Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Konrad
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gaisch
authors.affiliation: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Toxicology, Yalelaan 104, 3584 CM Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.affiliation: Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Toxicology, Yalelaan 104, 3584 CM Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Majorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Duursen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004147:Dioxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D004147:Dioxins; D004785:Environmental Pollutants
keywords: Dibenzodioxins; Dibenzofurans; PCBs; Peripheral blood lymphocytes; REPs; Risk assessment; TEF