Removal of Natural Free Estrogens and their Conjugates in a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-135

  Liu, Ze hua ^a   Kanjo, Yoshinori ^a   Mizutani, Satoshi ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

ER (AR) binding assay; Estrogen conjugate; GC MS; Natural free estrogen; Removal efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 79951641691     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000180     Document Type: Article

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