Fate of estrogenic hormones in wastewater and sludge treatment: A review of properties and analytical detection techniques in sludge matrix

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 5813-5833

  Hamid, Hanna ^a   Eskicioglu, Cigdem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; Endocrine disrupters; Estrogenic hormones; Sludge treatment; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOSOLIDS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; WATER POLLUTION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ANALYTICAL DETECTION; ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; ESTROGENIC HORMONES; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

16ALPHA HYDROXYESTRONE; 2 HYDROXYESTRONE; BIOCHANIN A; CARBON; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN PLUS MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; COUMESTROL; DAIDZEIN; DIHYDROEQUILIN; DRINKING WATER; EQUILIN; EQUOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FORMONONETIN; GENISTEIN; NITROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHYTOESTROGEN; WATER; ZEARALENONE;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOSOLID; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; BREAST CANCER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLOTATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTICULAR FEMINIZATION; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84867140318     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.08.002     Document Type: Review

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