The arrival and discharge of conjugated estrogens from a range of different sewage treatment plants in the UK

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1124-1128

  Kumar, Vimal ^a   Nakada, Norihide ^a   Yasojima, Makoto ^b   Yamashita, Naoyuki ^b   Johnson, Andrew C ^c   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjugated estrogen; Free estrogens; Removal; Sewage treatment plant; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; REMOVAL; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; CONJUGATED ESTROGENS; FREE ESTROGENS; GLUCURONIDE CONJUGATES; SULPHATE CONCENTRATIONS; TERTIARY TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL 3 GLUCURONIDE; ESTRADIOL 3 SULFATE; ESTRADIOL DERIVATIVE; ESTRIOL; ESTRIOL 3 GLUCURONIDE; ESTRIOL 3 SULFATE; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; ESTRONE SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFATE; WASTE FACILITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TRICKLING FILTER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ARRIVAL; WATER DISCHARGE; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 78751629233     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.11.040     Document Type: Article

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