The occurrence of steroidal estrogens in south-eastern Ontario wastewater treatment plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 430, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-125

  Atkinson, Susanna K ^a   Marlatt, Vicki L ^a   Kimpe, Lynda E ^a   Lean, David R S ^a   Trudeau, Vance L ^a   Blais, Jules M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Estrogenic potency; Removal efficiency; Steroidal estrogen; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CORNWALL; ESTROGENIC CHEMICALS; ESTROGENIC POTENCY; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FINAL EFFLUENTS; IN-VITRO; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; RAW SEWAGE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL CYCLE; STEROIDAL ESTROGENS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS; WWTP EFFLUENT;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GENES; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVERS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; RIVER WATER; STEROID; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; ONTARIO; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SNOW; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CORNWALL [ONTARIO]; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

EID: 84861336513     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.069     Document Type: Article

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