The use of modelling to predict levels of estrogens in a river catchment: How does modelled data compare with chemical analysis and in vitro yeast assay results?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4826-4832

  Balaam, Jan L ^a   Grover, Darren ^b   Johnson, Andrew C ^c   Jürgens, Monika ^c   Readman, James ^d   Smith, Andy J ^a   White, Stefan ^a   Williams, Richard ^c   Zhou, John L ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effluent; Estrogens; EXAMS; Modelling; POCIS

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; EFFLUENT DISCHARGE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGENICITY; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; EXAMS; EXPOSURE ANALYSIS; IN-VITRO; MEAN FLOW; MEASURED DATA; MODELLING; PASSIVE SAMPLERS; POCIS; PREDICTION MODEL; RECEIVING WATERS; RIVER CATCHMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS; YEAST ASSAY; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; CATCHMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; YEAST;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; RIVER WATER; ESTRONE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; MODELING; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SIMULATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST ASSAY; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; YEAST;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FORECASTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; YEASTS;

EID: 77955924403     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.019     Document Type: Article

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