Decrease in water-soluble 17β-estradiol and testosterone in composted poultry manure with time

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 943-950

  Hakk, Heldur ^a   Millner, Patricia ^a   Larsen, Gerald ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HORMONES; IMMUNOLOGY; MANURES; MOISTURE; SOLUBILITY; WASTES;

ANIMAL WASTES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS (EDC); FIRST-ORDERE KINETICS; TESTOSTERONE;

COMPOSTING;

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLAY; COMPOST; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE METABOLISM; MANURE; MOISTURE; POULTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; TIME;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; KINETICS; MANURE; POULTRY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLUBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION; MANURE; POULTRY; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 18744370211     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0164     Document Type: Article

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