Occurrence of organic microcontaminants in the wastewater treatment process. A mini review

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 239-240, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-18

  Ratola, Nuno ^b,c   Cincinelli, Alessandra ^b,d   Alves, Arminda ^c   Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doping substances; Illicit drugs; Organophosphates; PFCs; Pharmaceuticals; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DRUGS OF ABUSE; ILLICIT DRUG; MASS BALANCE; MICRO-CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOPHOSPHATES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PFCS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

DRUG PRODUCTS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WASTEWATER;

EFFLUENTS;

17ALPHA ESTRADIOL; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COSMETIC; DICLOFENAC; ERYTHROMYCIN; ESTRADIOL; ESTRIOL; ESTRONE; HORMONE; IBUPROFEN; ILLICIT DRUG; KETOPROFEN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; MEFENAMIC ACID; NAPROXEN; NORFLOXACIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PARACETAMOL; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DRUG; EFFLUENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MASS BALANCE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PAH; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRY DEPOSITION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPOPHILICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHASE TRANSITION; SCIENTIST; URBAN AREA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WET DEPOSITION;

COSMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84867693494     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.05.040     Document Type: Article

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