Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Mass balance and removal processes

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-24

  Gao, Pin ^a,b   Ding, Yunjie ^c   Li, Hui ^c   Xagoraraki, Irene ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Mass balance; Pharmaceuticals; Sorption; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFICIENCY; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SORPTION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHS; MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; OXYTETRACYCLINES (OTC); REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; DEMECLOCYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PARACETAMOL; SULFADIAZINE; SULFAMERAZINE; TETRACYCLINE; TYLOSIN;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS BALANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SLUDGE; SORPTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SLUDGE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859908200     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.017     Document Type: Article

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