Pollution by endocrine disruptors in a southwest european temperate coastal lagoon (ria de aveiro, Portugal)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Rocha, Maria João ^a,b   Cruzeiro, Catarina ^a,b   Reis, Mário ^c   Pardal, Miguel Ângelo ^c   Rocha, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol ethoxylates; Alkylphenols; Oestrogens; Phytoestrogens; Sitosterol

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; FLAVONOIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LAKES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION;

ALKYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; ALKYLPHENOLS; OESTROGENS; PHYTOESTROGENS; SITOSTEROL;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

4 N OCTYLPHENOL; 4 NONYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; 4 OCTYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BIOCHANIN A; DAIDZEIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; OCTYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL SITOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; NONYLPHENOL; OCTYLPHENOL; WATER POLLUTANT;

COASTAL LAGOON; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAGOON; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PORTUGAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AVEIRO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA DE AVEIRO;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; PORTUGAL; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84975906859     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-016-5114-9     Document Type: Article

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