HPLC/ UV/ Fluorescence detection of several pharmaceuticals in Sewage treatment plant wastewaters of Jordan

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 805-810

  Alahmad, Waed R ^a   Alawi, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Fluorescence detectors; Hospital wastewater; HPLC; Pharmaceuticals; Sewage treatment plants (STPS); UV; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FLOW PATTERN; FLUORESCENCE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER;

JORDAN;

EID: 77952754404     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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