Identification of estrogenic compounds in wastewater effluent

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2807-2815

  Nakada, Norihide ^a   Nyunoya, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^b   Hara, Akihiko ^c   Iguchi, Taisen ^d   Takada, Hideshige ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol equivalent concentrations; Endocrine disruptors; Recombinant yeast assay; Sewage treatment plant effluent

Indexed keywords

COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRACTIONATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SILICA GEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL WATERS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS;

WASTEWATER;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; NONYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; YEAST;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVERS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEWAGE; TOKYO; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 10044244865     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-699.1     Document Type: Article

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