Occurrence and implications of estrogens and xenoestrogens in sewage effluents and receiving waters from South East Queensland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5147-5155

  Ying, Guang Guo ^a,b   Kookana, Rai S ^b   Kumar, Anu ^b   Mortimer, Munro ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment; Effluent; Endocrine disruptor; Risk; River

Indexed keywords

4-NONYLPHENOLS; BISPHENOL A; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; EFFLUENT DISCHARGE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; ETHOXYLATES; ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; NONYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL; POTENTIAL RISKS; QUEENSLAND; RAINBOW TROUT; RECEIVING WATERS; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; VITELLOGENIN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES; XENOESTROGENS;

CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; PHENOLS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NONYLPHENOL; VITELLOGENIN; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

CATCHMENT; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DILUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; RIVER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

ESTROGENS; QUEENSLAND; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 67651091510     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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