Presence of steroid hormones and antibiotics in surface water of agricultural, suburban and mixed-use areas

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 349-359

  Velicu, Magdalena ^a   Suri, Rominder ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; EDCs; Emerging contaminants; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Environmental estrogens; PACs; Pharmaceutical and personal care products; PPCPs; Surface water

Indexed keywords

EDCS; EMERGING CONTAMINANTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL ESTROGENS; PACS; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PPCPS;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; RANGE FINDING; SURFACE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTICS;

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DIHYDROEQUILIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; GESTODENE; LEVONORGESTREL; LINCOMYCIN; MEDROGESTONE; NORFLOXACIN; NORGESTREL; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROGESTERONE; ROXITHROMYCIN; STEROID HORMONE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMEGESTONE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TYLOSIN TARTRATE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTIBIOTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HORMONE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STEROID; SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; STREAM (RIVER); SUBURBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOGRAPHY; PENNSYLVANIA; STEROIDS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67650578154     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0402-7     Document Type: Article

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