Exposure assessment of 17α-ethinylestradiol in surface waters of the United States and Europe

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2725-2732

  Hannah, Robert ^a   D'Aco, Vincent J ^b   Anderson, Paul D ^c   Buzby, Mary E ^d   Caldwell, Daniel J ^e   Cunningham, Virginia L ^f   Ericson, Jon F ^g   Johnson, Andrew C ^h   Parke, Neil J ⁱ   Samuelian, John H ^c   Sumpter, John P ^j  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b Quantum Management Group   (United States)

^c AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^d MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^e JOHNSON AND JOHNSON   (United States)

^f Sustainability Sciences LLC   (United States)

^g PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^h CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^j BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

17 Ethinylestradiol; Estrogen; Surface water; Water quality model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOWER DETECTION LIMIT; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODEL RESULTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MASS SPECTROMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

SURFACE WATERS;

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 73449129368     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-622.1     Document Type: Article

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