Environmental Fate of Phenolic Endocrine Disruptors: Field and Laboratory Studies

Alkylphenolic compounds derived from microbial degradation of non-ionic surfactants became a major focus of environmental research in the early 1980s. More toxic than the parent compounds and weakly oestrogenic, certain metabolites of nonylphenol polyethoxylate (NPnEO) surfactants, especially nonylp...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. - The Royal Society. - 367(2009), 1904, Seite 3941-3963
1. Verfasser: Giger, Walter (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Gabriel, Frédéric L. P., Jonkers, Niels, Wettstein, Felix E., Kohler, Hans–Peter E.
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Schlagworte:nonylphenol nonylphenoxyacetic acid biotransformation oestrogenic activity wastewater rivers Physical sciences Biological sciences Business Applied sciences