Derivation of an aquatic predicted no-effect concentration for the synthetic hormone, 17α-ethinyl estradiol

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7046-7054

  Caldwell, Daniel J ^a,j   Mastrocco, Frank ^b   Hutchinson, Thomas H ^c,k   Länge, Reinhard ^d   Heijerick, Dagobert ^e   Janssen, Colin ^f   Anderson, Paul D ^g,h   Sumpter, John P ⁱ  

^a JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^d BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^e EURAS Belgium   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j Plymouth Marine Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^k PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; MAMMALS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; FISH;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AQUATIC SPECIES; DATA QUALITY; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; END POINT; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; ESTROGEN RECEPTORS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; GERMANY; MODE OF ACTION; NANOGRAM; NO OBSERVED EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SURFACE WATERS;

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EFFLUENT; HORMONE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC SPECIES; BRAZIL; CANADA; EFFLUENT; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FISHES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VITELLOGENINS;

BRAZIL; CANADA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AQUATIC SPECIES; DATA QUALITY; END POINTS; ENGLISH LANGUAGES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; GERMANY; HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS; MODE OF ACTION; NO-OBSERVED-EFFECT-CONCENTRATIONS; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; SPECIES SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STEROID HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

EID: 54749109559     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800633q     Document Type: Review

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