Real-time estimation of small-area populations with human biomarkers in sewage

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-21

  Daughton, Christian G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Coprostanol; Creatinine; Sewage; Small area populations; Substance flow analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPLEX LINKAGES; COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION; COPROSTANOL; CREATININE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE; HUMAN BIOMARKERS; HUMAN POPULATION; LOCAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; NATURAL HAZARD; PER CAPITA; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REAL TIME; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; REAL-TIME ESTIMATION; SMALL-AREA POPULATIONS; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES; TRANSIENT CHANGES; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE DILUTION; WASTE PRODUCTS; WHAT-IF SCENARIOS;

DISASTER PREVENTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE; TIME MEASUREMENT;

BIOMARKERS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; COPROSTEROL; CREATININE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOMARKER; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE;

ACCURACY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DATA MINING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MOLECULAR STABILITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEWAGE; SEWAGE CHEMICAL INFORMATION MINING;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTANOL; CREATININE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE;

EID: 84855557358     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.015     Document Type: Review

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