Endocrine disruptors in freshwater streams of Hesse, Germany: Changes in concentration levels in the time span from 2003 to 2005

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 476-483

  Quednow, Kristin ^a   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkylphenols; BPA; Estrogens; Nonylphenol; Octylphenol; River water

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOMERS; RIVERS; SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION LEVELS; ESTROGENS; FRESHWATER STREAMS; NONYLPHENOLS; OCTYLPHENOLS; SPATIAL CONCENTRATION;

PHENOLS;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER SPECIES; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; PHENOLS; RIVERS; TIME; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HESSE; HESSISCHES RIED;

EID: 39749175694     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.05.032     Document Type: Article

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