Androgenic and estrogenic activity in water bodies receiving cattle feedlot effluent in Eastern Nebraska, USA

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 346-352

  Soto, Ana M ^a   Calabro, Janine M ^a   Prechtl, Nancy V ^a   Yau, Alice Y ^b   Orlando, Edward F ^c   Daxenberger, Andreas ^d   Kolok, Alan S ^e   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^f   le Bizec, Bruno ^g   Lange, Iris G ^d   Sonnenschein, Carlos ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^f University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^g Waters Corporation   (France)

Author keywords

A SCREEN; Acquatic ecosystem health; Agricultural runoff; Anabolic steroid hormones; Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs); E SCREEN; Environmental androgens; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LACTONE; METRIBOLONE; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER; TRENBOLONE;

ANIMAL FOOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DROUGHT; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE ACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 12144287064     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6590     Document Type: Article

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