Estrogenic activity and steroid hormones in swine wastewater through a lagoon constructed-wetland system

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 444-450

  Shappell, Nancy W ^a   Billey, Lloyd O ^a   Forbes, Dean ^b   Matheny, Terry A ^a   Poach, Matthew E ^a   Reddy, Gudigopuram B ^b   Hunt, Patrick G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; HORMONES; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; STEROID HORMONES; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

WASTEWATER;

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; HORMONES; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BIOREMEDIATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; LAGOON; LIVESTOCK FARMING; STEROID; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; E SCREEN TEST; EFFLUENT STANDARD; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LAGOON; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SWINE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHLORINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORTH CAROLINA; PHOSPHATES; SUS SCROFA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETLANDS;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33846192357     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061268e     Document Type: Article

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