Occurrence of endocrine disrupting compounds in water sources of Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, Brazil

Environmental Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1041-1049

  Moreira, Davi S ^a   Aquino, Sérgio F ^a   Afonso, Robson J C F ^a   Santos, Eliane P P C ^b   De Pádua, Valter L ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Mass spectrometry; Micro contaminants; Water quality; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CHLORINATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FLOCCULATION; HEALTH RISKS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING;

17-ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; 4-NONYLPHENOL; AQUATIC FAUNA; CONCENTRATION RANGES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS; HUMAN HEALTH; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICRO-CONTAMINANTS; MINAS GERAIS; MONITORING PERIODS; POTENTIAL THREATS; PRECHLORINATION; SAND FILTRATION; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; WATER SOURCE;

WATER POLLUTION;

4 NONYLPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FILTRATION; HEALTH IMPACT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESEARCH WORK; SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAND; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 70349289908     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330903052830     Document Type: Article

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