Nonylphenol ethoxylates and their biodegradation intermediates in water and sludge of a sewage treatment plant

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 527-532

  Shao, B ^a,b   Hu, J ^b   Yang, M ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EVAPORATION; EXTRACTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE THICKENING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DETERGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0242417511     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0018-0     Document Type: Article

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