Fate estimation of estrogenic substances in an urban river by flux calculation

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2330-2334

  Yamashita, Naoyuki ^a   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^b   Miyajima, Kiyoshi ^a   Tamamoto, Hiroyuki ^c   Miyamoto, Norihiro ^d   Yasojima, Makoto ^a   Komori, Koya ^a   Suzuki, Yutaka ^a  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Government   (Japan)

^d EAC Corp   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Endocrine disruptors; Estrogenic activity; Estrone; Fate; Recombinant yeast assay

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HORMONES; MASS TRANSFER;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY; RECOMBINANT YEAST ASSAY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HORMONES; MASS TRANSFER; RIVER POLLUTION;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FLUX MEASUREMENT; RIVER WATER; URBAN REGION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TAMA RIVER;

EID: 33845463983     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X95438     Document Type: Article

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