Behavior of fluoroquinolones and trimethoprim during mechanical, chemical, and active sludge treatment of sewage water and digestion of sludge

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1042-1048

  Lindberg, Richard H ^a   Olofsson, Ulrika ^a   Rendahl, Per ^b   Johansson, Magnus I ^c   Tysklind, Mats ^a   Andersson, Barbro A V ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEVA   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROCARBONS; PELLETIZING; PH EFFECTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SORPTION;

FLUOROQUINOLONES; SAMPLE MATRICES; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROCARBONS; PELLETIZING; PH EFFECTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SORPTION;

WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SWEDEN;

ADSORPTION; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TRIMETHOPRIM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 32444449124     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0516211     Document Type: Article

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