Elimination of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in subsurface flow constructed wetlands

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 5811-5816

  Matamoros, Víctor ^a   Bayona, Josep M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; REMOVAL MECHANISMS; SUBSURFACE HORIZONTAL FLOW;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRUG PRODUCTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CAFFEINE; CARBOXYIBUPROFEN; DICLOFENAC; GALAXOLIDE; HYDROXYIBUPROFEN; IBUPROFEN; IBUPROFEN DERIVATIVE; JASMONIC ACID METHYL ESTER; KETOPROFEN; METHYL DIHYDROJASMONATE; NAPROXEN; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; SALICYLIC ACID; TONALIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRUG PRODUCTS; HYDROPHOBICITY; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SLUDGE; SORPTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTEWATER; WETLAND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; EVALUATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; SLUDGE; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

COSMETICS; KINETICS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 33748798755     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0607741     Document Type: Article

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