Do we underestimate the concentration of estriol in raw municipal wastewater?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 4753-4758

  Liu, Ze hua ^a,b   Lu, Gui ning ^a,b   Yin, Hua ^a,b   Dang, Zhi ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Estriol conjugates; Human excretion rates; Municipal wastewater; Natural estrogens; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HEALTH; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRIOL; ESTROGENS; FECES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84925491123     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3981-6     Document Type: Article

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