Association of endocrine-disrupting chemicals with total organic carbon in riverine water and suspended particulate matter from the Pearl River, China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2456-2464

  Gong, Jian ^a,b,c   Ran, Yong ^a   Chen, Diyun ^b   Yang, Yu ^a   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Organic carbon; Riverine water; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

4-NONYLPHENOL; 4-TERT-OCTYLPHENOL; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUEOUS CONCENTRATIONS; BISPHENOL A; COMBINED EFFECT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; FIELD STUDIES; IN-SITU; NONLINEAR SORPTION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PEARL RIVER; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PHENOLIC XENOESTROGENS; REGRESSION SLOPE; SOUTH CHINA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOLS; SORPTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRONE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RIVER WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG DETERMINATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ABSORPTION; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CHINA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRONE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84867718095     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1961     Document Type: Article

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