Practical overview of analytical methods for endocrine-disrupting compounds, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water and wastewater

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1904, 2009, Pages 3923-3939

  Comerton, Anna M ^a   Andrews, Robert C ^a   Bagley, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical challenges; Analytical methods; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals; Water matrix

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL CHALLENGES; ANALYTICAL METHODS; ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICALS; WATER MATRIX;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; ECOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 70349695693     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0111     Document Type: Review

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