Distribution, behavior and fate of azole antifungals during mechanical, biological, and chemical treatments in sewage treatment plants in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 426, Issue , 2012, Pages 311-317

  Peng, Xianzhi ^a   Huang, Qiuxin ^a,b   Zhang, Kun ^a,b   Yu, Yiyi ^a,b   Wang, Zhifang ^a,b   Wang, Chunwei ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Azole antifungals; Biotransformation; Sewage sludge; Sorption; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; ANTI-FUNGAL; ANTIFUNGALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; FINAL EFFLUENTS; FLUCONAZOLE; LIPOPHILICITY; RAW WASTEWATERS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES;

ADSORPTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SORPTION; WASTEWATER;

EFFLUENTS;

CLOTRIMAZOLE; ECONAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE;

ADSORPTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LIPOPHILICITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; AZOLES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHINA; CLOTRIMAZOLE; ECONAZOLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUCONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84860662493     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.067     Document Type: Article

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