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

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 101-108

  Belfroid, A C ^a   Van Der Horst, A ^a   Vethaak, A D ^b   Schafer A J ^c   Rijs, G B J ^c   Wegener, J ^a   Cofino, W P ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^c INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eco hormones; Endocrine disruptors; Environment; Estradiol; Estrogen; Ethinylestradiol

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GLUCURONIDE; SURFACE WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GLUCURONATES; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0033015289     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00336-2     Document Type: Article

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