Steroidal estrogen sources in a sewage-impacted coastal ocean.

@article{Griffith2016SteroidalES,
  title={Steroidal estrogen sources in a sewage-impacted coastal ocean.},
  author={David R. Griffith and Melissa C. Kido Soule and Timothy I. Eglinton and Elizabeth B. Kujawinski and Philip M. Gschwend},
  journal={Environmental science. Processes \& impacts},
  year={2016},
  volume={18 8},
  pages={
          981-91
        }
}
Estrogens are known to be potent endocrine disrupting chemicals that are commonly found in wastewater effluents at ng L(-1) levels. Yet, we know very little about the distribution and fate of estrogens in coastal oceans that receive wastewater inputs. This study measured a wide range of steroidal estrogens in sewage-impacted seawater using ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) together with the method of standard addition. In Massachusetts Bay, we… 
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