Occurrence of selected pharmaceuticals and caffeine in sewage treatment plants and receiving rivers in Beijing, China

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2239-2248

  Zhou, Haidong ^a,b   Wu, Chunying ^a   Huang, Xia ^a   Gao, Mijun ^c   Wen, Xianghua ^a   Tsuno, Hiroshi ^d   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHANGHAI FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Environmental risk; Pharmaceutical; Primary treatment; Removal efficiency; Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOREMEDIATION; CAFFEINE; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; MULTIPLE REACTION MONITORING; PRIMARY TREATMENT; QUADRUPLE MASS SPECTROMETER; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KETOPROFEN; METOPROLOL; SULPIRIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DRUG; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EFFLUENT; ELECTROSPRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; CHIN; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

CAFFEINE; CHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79952111697     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12681059116653     Document Type: Article

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