Occurrence of antibiotics in eight sewage treatment plants in Beijing, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 665-671

  Gao, Lihong ^a,b   Shi, Yali ^a   Li, Wenhui ^a   Niu, Hongyun ^a   Liu, Jiemin ^b   Cai, Yaqi ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Occurrence; Removal efficiency; Seasonal variation; Sludge; STPs

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

OCCURRENCE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE; STPS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIFLOXACIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLEROXACIN; JOSAMYCIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NORDIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMETHOXINE; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFAMERAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAMONOMETHOXINE; TYLOSIN TARTRATE;

ANTIBIOTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SPRING; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WINTER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84856048573     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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