Substances with estrogenic activity in effluents of sewage treatment plants in southwestern Germany. 1. Chemical analysis

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2133-2141

  Spengler, Peter ^a   Körner, Wolfgang ^b   Metzger, Jörg W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated charcoal filtration; Estrogens; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Hormonally active agents; Sewage treatment plants

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; PHENOLS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

INTERNAL STANDARDS;

EFFLUENTS;

DEUTERIUM; ENDOSULFAN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GENISTEIN; MESTRANOL; NONYLPHENOL; PHENOXYACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; SITOSTEROL;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FILTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FILTRATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0035654202     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620201001     Document Type: Article

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