Assessing the diurnal variability of pharmaceutical and personal care products in a full-scale activated sludge plant

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2359-2367

  Salgado, R ^a,c   Marques, R ^a,b   Noronha, J P ^a   Mexia, J T ^d   Carvalho, G ^a,b   Oehmen, A ^a   Reis, M A M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL E TECNOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diurnal variations; Musks; Pharmaceutical active compounds (PhAC); Wastewater treatment; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; INTENSIVE SAMPLING; MASS LOADINGS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MUSKS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHARMACEUTICAL ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; XENOBIOTICS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOCHEMISTRY; LOADING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; AMPICILLIN; ATENOLOL; CAFFEINE; CAPTOPRIL; CASHMERAN; CELESTOLIDE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; CLORAZEPATE; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; DOMPERIDONE; ENALAPRIL; ESTRONE; ETOFENAMATE; FLUOXETINE; GALAXOLIDE; HYDROXYZINE; IBUPROFEN; INDAPAMIDE; KETOPROFEN; MUSK; OMEPRAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PAROXETINE; PROPRANOLOL; TONALIDE; TRASEOLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRUG; MODELING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80052318234     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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