Oestrogenicity and chemical target analysis of water from small-sized industries in Pretoria, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Mahomed, S I ^a   Voyi, K V V ^a   Aneck Hahn, N H ^a   De Jager, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A (BPA); Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs); Lindane; Oestrogenicity; Organochlorine pesticides; p nonylphenol (p NP); Phthalate esters; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYCLOHEXANE; ESTERS; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTION;

BISPHENOL A; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; LINDANE; NONYLPHENOLS; OESTROGENICITY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PHTHALATE ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DDT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HCH; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PHENOL; PHTHALATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECOMBINATION; WATER POLLUTION; YEAST;

AFRICA; GAUTENG; PRETORIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 52649099077     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v34i3.180629     Document Type: Article

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