Aquatic hazard assessment for pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and endocrine-disrupting compounds from biosolids-amended land

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 663-676

  Langdon, K A ^a,b   Warne, M S T J ^b   Kookanaz, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Hazard assessment; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FERTILIZER; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL;

COSMETICS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FERTILIZERS; FRESH WATER; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL;

EID: 78651366494     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.74     Document Type: Article

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