Occurrence, fate and removal of synthetic oral contraceptives (SOCs) in the natural environment: A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5149-5161

  Liu, Ze hua ^a,c   Ogejo, Jactone Arogo ^a   Pruden, Amy ^a   Knowlton, Katharine F ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Micropollutants; Occurrence and fate; Removal; Synthetic oral contraceptives; Toxicity; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANDROGENIC ACTIVITY; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OCCURRENCE AND FATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RELATIVE BINDING AFFINITY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SYNTHETIC ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BINDING ENERGY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

TOXICITY;

CHLORMADINONE ACETATE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; DESOGESTREL; DIENOGEST; DROSPIRENONE; DYDROGESTERONE; ETHISTERONE; ETONOGESTREL; GESTODENE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; LEVONORGESTREL; LYNESTRENOL; MEDROGESTONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; MIFEPRISTONE; NOMEGESTROL ACETATE; NORELGESTROMIN; NORETHISTERONE; NORETHISTERONE ACETATE; NORETYNODREL; NORGESTIMATE; NORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROMEGESTONE; TRIMEGESTONE;

CONTRACEPTIVE USE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EFFECT; TOXICITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLUBILITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROGESTINS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80054768321     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.047     Document Type: Review

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