Urinary excretion rates of natural estrogens and androgens from humans, and their occurrence and fate in the environment: A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4975-4985

  Liu, Ze hua ^a,b   Kanjo, Yoshinori ^a   Mizutani, Satoshi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Contribution ratio; EDCs; Estrogen conjugates; Urinary excretion rate; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANDROGENIC ACTIVITY; CONTRIBUTION RATIO; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EDCS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ESTROGEN CONJUGATES; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; EXCRETION RATES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NATURAL ESTROGEN; RELATIVE BINDING AFFINITY; TESTOSTERONE; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY EXCRETION RATE;

BINDING ENERGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; SURFACE WATER; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; URINE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; URINARY EXCRETION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANDROGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; HUMANS;

EID: 67650991834     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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