Analysis of estrogens in sediment from a sewage-impacted urban estuary using high-performance liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1041-1047

  Reddy, Sharanya ^a   Brownawell, Bruce J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; High performance liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Sediments; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTUARIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

ESTROGENS; MASS ANALYZERS; MATRIX INTERFERENCE; QUADRUPOLE;

SEDIMENTS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; STEROID; TRACER;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELUTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTUARY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

JAMAICA BAY; LONG ISLAND [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18244385505     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-167R.1     Document Type: Article

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