Occurrence of emerging organic contaminants in a tropical urban catchment in Singapore

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 963-969

  Xu, Yonglan ^a,b   Luo, Fei ^c   Pal, Amrita ^d   Gin, Karina Yew Hoong ^e   Reinhard, Martin ^f  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol ethoxylate metabolites; Hormones; Occurrence; Pharmaceuticals; Urban catchment water

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; METABOLITES; PHENOLS; POTABLE WATER; SEWAGE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TROPICS;

ALKYL PHENOLS; EMERGING ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; NON-POINT SOURCE; OCCURRENCE; OCTYLPHENOLS; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; URBAN CATCHMENT; URBAN RUNOFF;

RUNOFF;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; CAFFEINE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; FIPRONIL; HORMONE; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; NONYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

BARRAGE; CANAL; DEEP WATER; DRINKING WATER; HORMONE; METABOLITE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; URBAN REGION; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; RIVER; SEWER; SINGAPORE; TROPIC CLIMATE; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

MARINA BAY [SINGAPORE]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 79954585754     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.029     Document Type: Article

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