Review of endocrine-disrupting-compound removal technologies in water and wastewater treatment plants: An EU perspective

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 8389-8401

  Basile, Teodora ^a   Petrella, Andrea ^a   Petrella, Mario ^a   Boghetich, Giancarlo ^a   Petruzzelli, Valentina ^a   Colasuonno, Sara ^a   Petruzzelli, Domenico ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; BASIC PRINCIPLES; CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING COMPOUND; ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FATE AND TRANSPORT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; REFERENCE COMPOUNDS; TRACE LEVEL; WATER AND WASTEWATER; XENOBIOTIC COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TECHNOLOGY; TRACE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79960365469     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101919v     Document Type: Review

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