Site-specific profiles of estrogenic activity in agricultural areas of California's inland waters

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9110-9116

  Lavado, Ramon ^a   Loyo Rosales, Jorge E ^b,d   Floyd, Emily ^a,e   Kolodziej, Edward P ^b,f   Snyder, Shane A ^c,g   Sedlak, David L ^b   Schlenk, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY   (United States)

^d SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^e ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^f Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ALKYL PHENOLS; BIOASSAY-GUIDED FRACTIONATION; CALIFORNIA; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INLAND WATERS; NON-POLAR; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLYETHOXYLATES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINBOW TROUT; SACRAMENTO RIVER; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; STEROID HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN; WATER SAMPLES;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HERBICIDES; HORMONES; METHANOL; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS;

ALKYLPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; HERBICIDE; METHANOL; STEROID HORMONE; SURFACE WATER; VITELLOGENIN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DELTA; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FEMINIZATION; FERAL ORGANISM; FRACTIONATION; METHANOL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SALMONID; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FISH; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINBOW TROUT; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FRESH WATER; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 72849135533     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es902583q     Document Type: Article

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