Partitioning of endocrine disrupting compounds in inland waters and wastewaters discharged into the coastal area of Thessaloniki, Northern Greece

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 529-538

  Arditsoglou, Anastasia ^a   Voutsa, Dimitra ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

DOC; Nonylphenol; Octylphenol; POC; Rivers; Steroid; Streams; Tannery wastewaters; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; SEA WATER;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL ZONE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; STEROID; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LEGAL ASPECT; POLLUTION; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; RIVERS; SEAWATER; TANNING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AEGEAN SEA; AXIOS RIVER; GULF OF THESSALONIKI; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 77949287215     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0172-y     Document Type: Article

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