Sterols as bio-markers for waste impact and source characterization in stream sediment

Journal of Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 46-50

  Ayebo, Amadu ^a   Breuer, George M ^b   Cain, Terry G ^b   Wichman, Michael D ^b   Subramanian, Periyasamy ^b   Reynolds, Stephen J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL; WATER;

BIOMARKER; CHRONOLOGY; FECES; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; STEROL; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; IOWA; RIVERS; STEROLS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646917437     PISSN: 00220892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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