Endocrine-disrupting chemicals in the Pearl River Delta and coastal environment: sources, transfer, and implications

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1095-1104

  Xu, Weihai ^a   Yan, Wen ^a   Huang, Weixia ^a   Miao, Li ^a   Zhong, Lifeng ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemicals; Environmental risks; Pearl River; Riverine runoff

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; SEA WATER; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHINA; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEWAGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARIES; HONG KONG; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84930511899     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-014-9618-3     Document Type: Article

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