Effects of advanced treatments of wastewater effluents on estrogenic and reproductive health impacts in fish

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4348-4354

  Filby, Amy L ^a   Shears, Janice A ^a   Drage, Briane E ^b   Churchley, John H ^c   Tyler, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b AquaRite Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c SEVERN TRENT WATER LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; ADVANCED TREATMENT; ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CHLORINE DIOXIDES; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTROGENICITY; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FATHEAD MINNOW; FEMINIZING EFFECTS; FISH POPULATIONS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; PLASMA VITELLOGENIN; REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STEROID ESTROGENS; STEROIDAL ESTROGENS; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; CHLORINE; FISH; FISHERIES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; OZONE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; OZONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOMARKER; BREEDING POPULATION; CHLORINE; CYPRINID; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; EGG PRODUCTION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RIVER; STANDARD; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CYPRINIDAE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENINS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CYPRINIDAE; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS;

EID: 77952946122     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100602e     Document Type: Article

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