Determination of 17 endocrine disruptor compounds and their spatial and seasonal distribution in the Sado River Estuary (Portugal)

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-253

  Rocha, Maria João ^a,b,c   Cruzeiro, Catarina ^a   Reis, Mário ^d   Rocha, Eduardo ^b,c   Pardal, Miguel Angelo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IUCS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

alkylphenol ethoxylates; alkylphenols; estrogens; phytoestrogens; sitosterol

Indexed keywords

ALKYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; ALKYLPHENOLS; ESTROGENS; PHYTOESTROGENS; SITOSTEROL;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FLAVONOIDS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

PHENOLS;

AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; NATURE RESERVE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

PORTUGAL; SADO ESTUARY; SETUBAL [PORTUGAL];

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84874508568     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.758730     Document Type: Article

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