Fate of estrogens and estrogenic potentials in sewerage systems

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1231-1270

  Limpiyakorn, Tawan ^a   Homklin, Supreeda ^a   Ong, Say Kee ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; 17 ethinylestradiol; estriol; estrogen; estrogenic potential; estrone; sewage treatment plant; sewerage

Indexed keywords

17-ESTRADIOL; 17-ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGENIC POTENTIAL; ESTRONE; SEWERAGE;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOREMEDIATION; DENITRIFICATION; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SEWERS;

BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EXCRETION; NITRIFICATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWER NETWORK; URBAN AREA;

AMINOBACTER; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RELEASE; EXCRETION; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RHODOCOCCUS; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SEWER; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 79956080753     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380903488680     Document Type: Article

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