Rangeland grazing as a source of steroid hormones to surface waters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3514-3520

  Kolodziej, Edward P ^a,b   Sedlak, David L ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

^b University of Nevada   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMAL WASTES; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH;

WATER POLLUTION;

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; SURFACE WATER; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAZING; HORMONE; RANGELAND; REPRODUCTION; STEROID; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAZING; NONHUMAN; RANGELAND; REPRODUCTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; ESTROGENS; PROGESTINS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 34250843909     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es063050y     Document Type: Article

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