Estrogens from sewage in coastal marine environments

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 531-535

  Atkinson, Shannon ^a   Atkinson, Marlin J ^a   Tarrant, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Effluent; Environmental; Estrogen; Estrone; Marine; Radioimmunoassay; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; GROUND WATER; SEA WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASALT; CENTRAL AMERICA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL; HORMONE ACTION; HYDROLYSIS; LAKE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAND; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE; STEROID BINDING; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; HAWAIIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038408670     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5233     Document Type: Article

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