Spatial and seasonal distributions of estrogens and bisphenol A in the Yangtze River Estuary and the adjacent East China Sea

Chemosphere

Volumn 111, Issue , 2014, Pages 336-343

  Shi, Jianghong ^a   Liu, Xiaowei ^a   Chen, Qingcai ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Estuary; Sediment; Surface water; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ESTUARIES; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHENOLS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEDIMENT PARTICLE SIZE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; YANGTZE RIVER ESTUARY;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ESTROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; PARTICLE SIZE; SAND; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS; ESTUARY; SEDIMENT; SURFACE WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHENOLS; RIVERS; SEASONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903600578     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.046     Document Type: Article

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