Steroid oestrogens in the environment: An Australian perspective

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2317-2329

  Sutcliffe, Sarah ^a   Clarke, Bradley O ^a   Jones, Oliver A H ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Management; Steroid hormones; Toxicology; Water

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN ECOSYSTEMS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT MODELS; TOXICOLOGY; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANIMALS; MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROID HORMONES; TOXICITY; WATER;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

ESTROGEN; GROUND WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOASSAY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEROID; WILD POPULATION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AUSTRALIA; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE;

AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MALE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84892735132     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.508     Document Type: Review

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