Occurrence and sources of selected phenolic endocrine disruptors in Ria de Aveiro, Portugal

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 834-843

  Jonkers, Niels ^a   Sousa, Ana ^b   Galante Oliveira, Susana ^b   Barroso, Carlos M ^b   Kohler, Hans Peter E ^c   Giger, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alkylphenols; Endocrine disruptors; Fate study; Parabens; Ria de Aveiro

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL LAGOON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FRESHWATER INPUT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SAMPLER; SAMPLING;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

2 HYDROXYBIPHENYL; 2-PHENYLPHENOL; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; PHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PORTUGAL; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARABENS; PHENOL; PHENOLS; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951635226     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0275-5     Document Type: Article

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