Modelling of the fate of selected endocrine disruptors in a municipal wastewater treatment plant in South East Queensland, Australia

Chemosphere

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 644-654

  Tan, Benjamin L L ^a,b,c   Hawker, Darryl W ^a   Müller, Jochen F ^b   Leusch, Frédéric D L ^c   Tremblay, Louis A ^d   Chapman, Heather F ^a,c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QHSS   (Australia)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol; Biosolids; Fugacity modelling; Phthalate; Wastewater treatment plant; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; WATER;

ALKYLPHENOLS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; FUGACITY MODELLING; PHTHALATE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

4 CUMYLPHENOL; 4 TERT OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NONYLPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID BENZYL BUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSOLIDS; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOSOLID; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MODEL VALIDATION; PHTHALATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOSOLID; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 34548227437     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.02.057     Document Type: Article

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