An assessment of endocrine disrupting activity changes during wastewater treatment through the use of bioassays and chemical measurements

Water Environment Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-23

  Drewes, Jörg E ^a   Hemming, Jocelyn ^b   Ladenburger, Sarah J ^a   Schauer, James ^c   Sonzogni, William ^d,e  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e WI State Laboratory of Hygiene   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassays; Emerging contaminants; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Primary effluent; Secondary treatment; Steroidal hormones; Water reclamation and reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ENZYMES; HORMONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TUMORS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING ACTIVITY; HUMAN BREAST CELL CANCER ASSAYS; STEROIDAL HORMONES; SYNTHETIC CHEMICALS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL;

BIOREACTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR MONITORING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14144251612     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X41573     Document Type: Article

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