Determination of degradation products of alkylphenol polyethoxylates in municipal wastewaters and rivers in Tokyo, Japan

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 599-605

  Isobe, Tomohiko ^a   Takada, Hideshige ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Nonylphenol; Nonylphenol polyethoxy carboxylate; River water; Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKYLPHENOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RIVER WATER;

PHENOL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; JAPAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ACETIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHENOLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOKYO; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 31244437063     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/03-263     Document Type: Article

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