Investigation of triclosan fate and toxicity in continuous-flow activated sludge systems

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 375-381

  Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a   Petalas, Anastasios V ^b   Mamais, Daniel ^b   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^c   Gatidou, Georgia ^a   Lekkas, Themistokles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; COD removal; Nitrification; Removal; TCS; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; AMMONIA REMOVAL; NON-ACCLIMATIZED BIOMASS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

AMMONIA; TRICLOSAN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NITRIFICATION; SORPTION; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DETOXIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; SLUDGE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 34047118776     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.01.047     Document Type: Article

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