Measuring free, conjugated, and halogenated estrogens in secondary treated wastewater effluent

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2569-2578

  Griffith, David R ^a,b,f   Kido Soule, Melissa C ^b   Matsufuji, Hiroshi ^c   Eglinton, Timothy I ^b,d   Kujawinski, Elizabeth B ^b   Gschwend, Philip M ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e USA   (United States)

^f BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HALOGENATION; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONJUGATED ESTROGENS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; IONIZATION EFFICIENCY; STEROIDAL ESTROGENS; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISINFECTION; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIUM FLUORIDE; ESTROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; METROPOLITAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ELECTROSPRAY; HALOGENATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

BOSTON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, CONJUGATED (USP); HALOGENATION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84895526493     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es402809u     Document Type: Article

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