Estimated human excretion rates of natural estrogens calculated from their concentrations in raw municipal wastewater and its application

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 9554-9562

  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

Accuracy; Application; Estimation; Human excretion rates; Municipal wastewater; Natural estrogens

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EXCRETION; FECES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEX HORMONE; WASTEWATER;

BRAZIL;

ESTROGEN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HUMAN; ITALY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; FECES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROME; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84931574696     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4369-y     Document Type: Article

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