Distribution, fate, and behavior of nonylphenol ethoxylates and degradation products in the dispersion plume of a major municipal wastewater effluent

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-70

  Sabik, Hassan ^a,c   Gagnon, Christian ^a   Houde, François ^b   Deblois, Christian ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Ctr d'Expertise Analyse E   (Canada)

^c FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Hormone mimicking substances; Municipal wastewater effluent; Nonionic surfactants; Nonylphenol isomers

Indexed keywords

EOS;

EID: 3042769289     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920490454120     Document Type: Article

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