Selected personal care products and endocrine disruptors in biosolids: An Australia-wide survey

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1075-1081

  Langdon, Kate A ^a,b   Warne, Michael St J ^b   Smernik, Ronald J ^a   Shareef, Ali ^b   Kookana, Rai S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

4 Nonylphenol; 4 t Octylphenol; Biosolids; Bisphenol A; Estrogens; Triclosan

Indexed keywords

4-NONYLPHENOL; BISPHENOL A; ESTROGENS; OCTYLPHENOLS; TRICLOSAN;

BIOSOLIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENDOCRINOLOGY; PHENOLS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; TRICLOSAN;

BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; PCP; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HYGIENE PRODUCT; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AUSTRALIA; COSMETICS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; TRICLOSAN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78751702148     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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