Distribution of estrogens, 17β-estradiol and estrone, in Canadian municipal wastewater treatment plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 336, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 155-170

  Servos, M R ^a,b   Bennie, D T ^b   Burnison, B K ^b   Jurkovic, A ^b   McInnis, R ^b   Neheli, T ^b   Schnell, A ^c   Seto, P ^b   Smyth, S A ^b   Ternes, T A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Hydromantis Inc   (Canada)

^d ESWE Inst Water Res Water Technol   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Estrogen; Hormones; Municipal wastewater; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOASSAY; EFFLUENTS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; YEAST;

AEROBIC REACTORS; ESTROGENICITY; SOLID RETENTION TIME (SRT); WELL-OPERATED PLANTS;

HORMONES;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ACCURACY; AEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GOVERNMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAGOON; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOLID STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; BIOASSAY; BIOREACTOR; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOREACTORS; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; YEASTS;

EID: 10344248856     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.05.025     Document Type: Article

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