Measurement of the free concentrations of alkyl phenols and bisphenol A to determine their biodegradation kinetics by activated sludge

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2766-2770

  Shen, Gang ^a   Huang, Jun ^a   Yu, Gang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerobic biodegradation; Alkyl phenol; Bisphenol A; SPME

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148873003     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0377-8     Document Type: Article

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