Environmental fate of nonylphenol ethoxylates: Differential adsorption of homologs to components of river sediment

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 293-300

  John, Dominic M ^a   House, W Alan ^b   White, Graham F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Bioavailability; Endocrine disruptor; Nonionic surfactant; Nonylphenol ethoxylate

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; NONOXINOL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DESORPTION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE;

EID: 0034012679     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190207     Document Type: Article

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