Bioassay-directed fractionation for analyzing estrogens in surface waters of the German Baltic Sea

Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 560-567

  Beck, Iris Constanze ^a,b   Bruhn, Regina ^a   Gandrass, Juergen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioassay directed chemical analysis; HPLC ESI MS MS; Marine environment; Reversed phase fractionation; Yeast estrogen screen

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; FRACTIONATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEAWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FRACTIONATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA; WISMAR BAY;

EID: 33846851312     PISSN: 03234320     EISSN: 1521401X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aheh.200600654     Document Type: Article

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