A preliminary study on the occurrence and behavior of sulfonamides, ofloxacin and chloramphenicol antimicrobials in wastewaters of two sewage treatment plants in Guangzhou, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 371, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 314-322

  Peng, Xianzhi ^a   Wang, Zhendi ^b   Kuang, Wenxing ^b   Tan, Jianhua ^a   Li, Ken ^b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; China; HPLC DAD FLD; Sewage treatment plants (STPs); Solid phase extraction (SPE); Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENTS; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIMICROBIALS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; OFLOXACIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTICS; DETECTION METHOD; HETEROCYCLIC OXYGEN COMPOUND; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORGANIC SULFUR COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; OFLOXACIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SULFONAMIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 33750518762     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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