Modeling effects of mixtures of endocrine disrupting chemicals at the river catchment scale

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 5478-5489

  Sumpter, John P ^a   Johnson, Andrew C ^b   Williams, Richard J ^b   Kortenkamp, Andreas ^c   Scholze, Martin ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; ESTROGENIC CHEMICALS; HYDROLOGICAL MODEL;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NONYLPHENOL; VITELLOGENIN;

CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXTURES; RIVER POLLUTION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; DATA QUALITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FIELD METHOD; FISH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTANT; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; DRUG MIXTURE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FISH; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER POLLUTANT; WILDLIFE;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33748529642     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052554d     Document Type: Article

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