Occurrence and fate of steroid estrogens in the largest wastewater treatment plant in Beijing, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6799-6813

  Zhou, Yiqi ^a   Zha, Jinmiao ^a   Wang, Zijian ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

EDCs; Presence; Removal; Steroid estrogen; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; ADVANCED TREATMENT; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AEROBIC PROCESS; BEIJING , CHINA; EDCS; EFFLUENT DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MASS BALANCE; NATURAL ESTROGEN; POLLUTANT LEVELS; POLLUTANT SOURCES; POPULATION DENSITIES; PRESENCE; RECEIVING WATERS; REMOVAL MECHANISM; SAMPLING TIME; STEROID ESTROGENS; SUSPENSION PARTICLES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES; WWTP EFFLUENT;

BIODEGRADATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOCCULATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOVAL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SORPTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; STEROID; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIRTH RATE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84867573322     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2459-y     Document Type: Article

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