Do concentrations of ethinylestradiol, estradiol, and diclofenac in European rivers exceed proposed EU environmental quality standards?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12297-12304

  Johnson, Andrew C ^a   Dumont, Egon ^a   Williams, Richard J ^a   Oldenkamp, Rik ^b   Cisowska, Iwona ^a   Sumpter, John P ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DO CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; EUROPEAN COMMUNITY; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; SEWAGE DISCHARGES; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

EFFLUENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

DICLOFENAC; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALCOHOL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; EXCRETION; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER STANDARD; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; SEWAGE; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE;

DICLOFENAC; ENVIRONMENT; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84887986258     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4030035     Document Type: Article

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