Behavior and occurrence of estrogens in municipal sewage treatment plants - I. Investigations in Germany, Canada and Brazil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 81-90

  Ternes, T A ^a   Stumpf, M ^a   Mueller, J ^a   Haberer, K ^a   Wilken, R D ^a   Servos, M ^b  

^a ESWE Institute for Water Research and Water Technology   (Germany)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contraceptives; Estrogens; GC MS MS; Rivers; Sewage treatment plants

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; DRINKING WATER; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GROUND WATER; MESTRANOL; RIVER WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALIBRATION; CANADA; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TECHNIQUE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CANADA; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0033016287     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00334-9     Document Type: Article

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