Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC) in municipal wastewater treatment: A need for mass balance

Environmental Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-645

  Lee, Y M ^a   Oleszkiewicz, J A ^a   Cicek, N ^a   Londry, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Conjugation; Deconjugation; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Mass balance; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONJUGATION; DECONJUGATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; MASS BALANCE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HORMONE;

DEGRADATION; MUNICIPAL WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONJUGATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIQUID; POLLUTANT; PROCESS DESIGN; REVIEW; SOLID; STANDARDIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 4043056551     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2004.9619353     Document Type: Review

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