Environmental fate of alkylphenols and alkylphenol ethoxylates - A review

Environment International

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-226

  Ying, Guang Guo ^a,b   Williams, Brian ^b   Kookana, Rai ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Degradation; Nonylphenol; Nonylphenol ethoxylate; Octylphenol; Partitioning; Sediment; Sewage effluent; Water

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); METABOLITES; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PARTITION COEFFICIENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ALKYLPHENOL; HORMONE; NONYLPHENOL; SURFACTANT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

PHENOLIC COMPOUND;

AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEGRADATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FISH; METABOLITE; MUSCLE TISSUE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WILDLIFE; BIOREMEDIATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0036635428     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00017-X     Document Type: Article

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