Degradation of endocrine disrupting chemicals by ozone/AOPs

Ozone: Science and Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-176

  Ning, Bo ^a   Graham, Nigel ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^b   Nakonechny, Maureen ^c   El Din, Mohamed Gamal ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 Ethinylestradiol; 17 Estradiol; Advanced Oxidation Processes; Alkylphenol ethoxylates; Bisphenol A; Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals; Estriol; Estrone; Ozone; Phthalates

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DEGRADATION; HEALTH RISKS; OXIDATION; OZONE; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES (AOPS); ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING COMPOUNDS (EDCS); ESTROGENIC ACTIVITY; STEROIDAL ESTROGENIC HORMONES;

HORMONES;

EID: 34250361531     PISSN: 01919512     EISSN: 15476545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01919510701200012     Document Type: Review

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