Antimicrobial Contamination Removal from Environmentally Relevant Matrices: A Literature Review and a Comparison of Three Processes for Drinking Water Treatment

Ozone: Science and Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 73-85

  Oncu, Nalan Bilgin ^a   Balcioglu, Isil Akmehmet ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advanced Oxidation Processes; Antibiotic; Antibiotic resistance; Chlorine; Heterogeneous Photocatalysis; Nanomaterial; Ozone; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANCE; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; NANOMATERIAL; TIO;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHLORINE; MANURES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; OZONE; OZONE RESISTANCE; OZONIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84875838616     PISSN: 01919512     EISSN: 15476545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01919512.2013.758546     Document Type: Article

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