Ranking potential impacts of priority and emerging pollutants in urban wastewater through life cycle impact assessment

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Muñoz, Ivan ^a   Jose Gomez M ^a   Molina Díaz, Antonio ^b   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^c   Fernández Alba, Amadeo R ^a   García Calvo, Eloy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicity; EDIP97; Human toxicity; Life cycle impact assessment; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); USES LCA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE; POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ECOTOXICITY; EDIP97; HUMAN TOXICITY; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (PPCPS); USES-LCA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUOXETINE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NICKEL; NICOTINE;

DRUG; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN COAST [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 55649113302     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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