Rapid detection of selected steroid hormones from sewage effluents using an ELISA in the Kuils River water catchment area, South Africa

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-408

  Swart, Nelius ^a   Pool, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ELISA; Estradiol; Estriol; Estrone; Sewage; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATCHMENT; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WILDLIFE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34548826807     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: 15324230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15321810701603799     Document Type: Article

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