An assessment of estrogenic organic contaminants in Canadian wastewaters

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 250-269

  Fernandez, Marc P ^a   Ikonomou, Michael G ^b   Buchanan, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Estrogen; GC HRMS; In vitro; OWCs; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ESTROGENS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE); WASTEWATER CONTAMINANTS; YEAST ASSAY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ETHER; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; METHANOL; NONYLPHENOL; NORETHISTERONE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PROGESTERONE; SITOSTEROL; STEROID; STEROL; STIGMASTEROL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ELUTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YEASTS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846257637     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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