Fate and transformation of an estrogen conjugate and its metabolites in agricultural soils

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 11047-11053

  Shrestha, Suman L ^a   Casey, Francis X M ^a   Hakk, Heldur ^b   Smith, David J ^b   Padmanabhan, G ^c  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c North Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; BIODEGRADATION RATE; BIOLOGICAL HYDROLYSIS; CONJUGATED ESTROGENS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GLUCURONIDES; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; SORPTION INTERACTIONS; WATER SOLUBILITIES;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLITES; RATE CONSTANTS; SORPTION;

SOILS;

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLITE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOLUBILITY; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

ABSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY TEST; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OXIDATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; SWINE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); ESTRONE; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84870009623     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es3021765     Document Type: Article

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