Fate simulation and risk assessment of endocrine disrupting chemicals in a reservoir receiving recycled wastewater

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6243-6250

  Cao, Qiming ^a   Yu, Qiming ^a   Connell, Des W ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

17 ethinylestradiol; 17 estradiol; Cumulative probability; Estrone; Health risk assessment; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS CONCENTRATIONS; CUMULATIVE PROBABILITIES; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; EQUIVALENT DOSE; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHYNYLESTRADIOL; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH EXPOSURE; FUGACITY-BASED MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLED WATER; RECYCLING RATE; RESERVOIR WATER; WATER REUSE;

CHEMICALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

HEALTH RISKS;

DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; RESERVOIR; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FISHES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77958112732     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.08.059     Document Type: Article

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