Behaviors of glucocorticoids, androgens and progestogens in a municipal sewage treatment plant: Comparison to estrogens

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2725-2733

  Fan, Zhanlan ^a   Wu, Shimin ^a   Chang, Hong ^a   Hu, Jianying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATED GRIT CHAMBER; ANOXIC TANK; BEIJING , CHINA; DECONJUGATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; REMOVAL RATE; SLUDGE SAMPLES; TANK UNIT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EFFLUENTS; GRIT CHAMBERS; SEWAGE; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; 19 HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; EPIANDROSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGRADATION; DEHYDRATION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT;

ANDROGENS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; PROGESTINS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79953238742     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es103429c     Document Type: Article

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