Behaviour and occurrence of estrogens in municipal sewage treatment plants - II. Aerobic batch experiments with activated sludge

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 225, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 91-99

  Ternes, T A ^a   Kreckel, P ^a   Mueller, J ^a  

^a ESWE Institute for Water Research and Water Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Batch experiments; Contraceptives; Estrogens; Glucuronides; Sewage treatment plants

Indexed keywords

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL 17 GLUCURONIDE; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GLUCURONIDE;

ACCURACY; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TECHNIQUE; TURNOVER TIME; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLUCURONATES; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; MESTRANOL; SEWAGE;

EID: 0033016288     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00335-0     Document Type: Article

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