Contributors to estrogenic activity in wastewater from a large wastewater treatment plant in Beijing, China

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-26

  Sun, Qingfeng ^a   Deng, Shubo ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Shen, Gang ^a   Yu, Gang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BPA; Estrogenic activity; NP; Recombinant yeast bioassay; WWTP

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NONYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICA GEL; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST;

EID: 36649005587     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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