Occurrence of alkylphenoxyacetic acids in Canadian sewage treatment plant effluents

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-29

  Lee, Hing Biu ^a   Weng, Jianhua ^b   Peart, Thomas E ^a   Maguire, R James ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

alkylphenol ethoxylates; alkylphenoxyacetic acids; effluents; non ionic surfactants; sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALKYLPHENOXYACETIC ACIDS; NON IONIC SURFACTANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

CANADA;

EID: 0031744423     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.1998.002     Document Type: Article

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