Treatment of estrogens and androgens in dairy wastewater by a constructed wetland system

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2333-2343

  Cai, Kai ^a   Elliott, Christopher T ^a   Phillips, Debra H ^a   Scippo, Marie Louise ^b   Muller, Marc ^b   Connolly, Lisa ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Androgen; Dairy wastewater; Estrogen; Reporter gene assay; Treatment system

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENDOCRINOLOGY; GENES; PHASE SEPARATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ANDROGEN; DAIRY WASTEWATER; HORMONE CONCENTRATION; LOW-COSTS; OESTROGENS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REPORTER GENE ASSAYS; RESIDUAL CONCENTRATIONS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WETLAND SYSTEMS;

HORMONES;

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN; BIOFILTRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DAIRY FARMING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SURFACE FLUX; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84863404178     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.056     Document Type: Article

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