Analysis of endocrine disrupting steroids: Investigation of their release into the environment and their behavior during bank filtration

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-85

  Zuehlke, Sebastian ^a,b   Dünnbier, Uwe ^b,c   Heberer, Thomas ^a   Fritz, Birgit ^d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLINER WASSERBETRIEBE   (Germany)

^c Chemical Analytic Department   (Germany)

^d KompetenZentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbh   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONES; LAKES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; RELIABILITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STEROIDS;

FILTRATION;

GROUNDWATER; RECHARGE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 2542479210     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2004.tb00715.x     Document Type: Article

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