Comparison of steroid hormone concentrations in domestic and hospital wastewater treatment plants

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 933-936

  Pauwels, B ^a   Noppe, H ^a   De Brabander, H ^a   Verstraete, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health care facilities; Wastewater management; Water treatment plants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH CARE; HORMONES; HOSPITALS; REMOVAL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BELGIUM; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGE TREATMENTS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATERS; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; HORMONE CONCENTRATIONS; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; HOSPITAL WASTEWATERS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; NATURAL ESTROGENS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; STEROID HORMONES; TESTOSTERONE; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREENS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; METABOLITE; STEROID; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54249152333     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2008)134:11(933)     Document Type: Article

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