Behavior of steroid hormones and conjugates during wastewater treatment - A comparison of three sewage treatment plants

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-33

  Schlüsener, Michael P ^a   Bester, Kai ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Sewage treatment plants; Steroid hormons; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HORMONES; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TRICKLING FILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; HORMONE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STEROID; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

EID: 38849136550     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700096     Document Type: Article

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