Parabens in sediment and sewage sludge from the United States, Japan, and Korea: Spatial distribution and temporal trends

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 10895-10902

  Liao, Chunyang ^a   Lee, Sunggyu ^b   Moon, Hyo Bang ^b   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LABORATORY ANIMALS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; P-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CORE SAMPLES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS;

PARABENS;

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; BENYLPARABEN; BUTYL PARABEN; ETHYL PARABEN; HEPTYLPARABEN; METHYL PARABEN; PROPYL PARABEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORE ANALYSIS; DRUG; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTICAL PROFILE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; KOREA; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KOREA; TOKYO BAY; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; JAPAN; PARABENS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885132552     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402574k     Document Type: Article

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