Occurrence and fate of endocrine disrupters in Greek sewage treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 1796-1804

  Stasinakis, Athanasios S ^a   Gatidou, Georgia ^a,b   Mamais, Daniel ^c   Thomaidis, Nikolaos S ^b   Lekkas, Themistokles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

EDCs; Presence; Removal; Risk assessment; Sewage sludge; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; GREEK SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TRICLOSAN;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NONYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; NONYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GREECE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; ULTRASOUND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 40749090431     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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