Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in raw sewage and their behavior in UASB reactors operated at different hydraulic retention times

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2562-2569

  Queiroz, F B ^a   Brandt, E M F ^b   Aquino, S F ^a   Chernicharo, C A L ^b   Afonso, R J C F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruptors; Micropollutants; Pharmaceutical compounds; Raw sewage; UASB reactor

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; RAW SEWAGE; UASB REACTOR;

ANTIBIOTICS; EFFLUENTS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHENOLS;

SEWAGE;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BEZAFIBRATE; DICLOFENAC; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MICONAZOLE; NONYLPHENOL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BIOREACTOR; DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RETENTION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG CONTAMINATION; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEWAGE; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; UPFLOW REACTOR;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 84872741323     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.482     Document Type: Article

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