Androgenic activity of effluent from forty-five municipal waste water treatment plants in Victoria, Australia

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 110, Issue , 2008, Pages 293-304

  Allinson, G ^a   Allinson, M ^a   Shiraishi, F ^b   Salzman, S A ^c   Myers, J H ^d   Hermon, K M ^a   Theodoropoulos, T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Androgenic activity; Androstenedione; Testosterone; Waste water treatment plant effluent

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE; IMMUNOASSAY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 58849131069     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/ETOX080311     Document Type: Article

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