Annual Fluctuations of Endocrine-Disrupting Compounds at the Lower End of the Lima River, Portugal, and in Adjacent Coastal Waters

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 389-401

  Rocha, Maria João ^a,b,c   Cruzeiro, Catarina ^a,c   Peixoto, Cristiana ^a,c   Rocha, Eduardo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES IUCS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FORMONONETIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOESTROGEN; SITOSTEROL; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; POLLUTANT; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922480941     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-014-0063-1     Document Type: Article

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