Steroid hormones in biosolids and poultry litter: A comparison of potential environmental inputs

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2120-2126

  Bevacqua, Christine E ^a   Rice, Clifford P ^b   Torrents, Alba ^a   Ramirez, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Conjugated hormones; Estrogens; Poultry litter; Progesterone; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED HORMONES; ESTROGENS; POULTRY LITTER; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MANURES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

HORMONES;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOSOLID; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; LITTER; POULTRY; STEROID; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MANURE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; MANURE; POULTRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79953293495     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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