Occurrence and potential causes of androgenic activities in source and drinking water in China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 10591-10600

  Hu, Xinxin ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Wei, Si ^a   Zhang, Xiaowei ^a   Feng, Jianfang ^a   Hu, Guanjiu ^b   Chen, Sulan ^b   Giesy, John P ^a,c,d,e,f   Yu, Hongxia ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC ACTIVITY; ANDROGEN RECEPTORS; ANDROGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY; DETECTION LIMITS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATES; PROSTATE CANCERS; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ESTERS; WATER SUPPLY; WATERWORKS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DRINKING WATER; FLUTAMIDE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; TAP WATER;

ANDROGEN; CANCER; DRINKING WATER; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEALTH RISK; METABOLITE; PHTHALATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; WATER TREATMENT;

AGONIST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; CYTOTOXICITY; DEGENERATION; EXTRACT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; METABOLITE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ORYZIAS; PIMEPHALES PROMELAS; REPORTER GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPERMATOCYTE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANDROGENS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHINA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PESTICIDES; PHENOLS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84884238418     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401464p     Document Type: Article

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