Investigation of optimal method for hospital wastewater treatment

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1199-1202

  Azar, Akbar Mokhtari ^a,b   Jelogir, Ali Ghadirpour ^b   Bidhendi, Golamreza Nabi ^b   Mehrdadi, Naser ^b   Zaredar, Narges ^c   Poshtegal, Maryam Khalilzadeh ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biological oxidation; BOD5; COD; Fecal coliforms; Hospital wastewater; Optimal method; Quality; Quantity; Total coliforms; Wastewater discharge

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; FLOW RATE; HOSPITAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SANITATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 77952805256     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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