Occurrence and removal of antibiotics in a municipal wastewater reclamation plant in Beijing, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 435-444

  Li, Wenhui ^a   Shi, Yali ^a   Gao, Lihong ^a,b   Liu, Jiemin ^b   Cai, Yaqi ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Macrolides; Quinolones; Sulfonamides; Wastewater reclamation plant

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; CLARIFICATION; CRUSHED STONE PLANTS; EFFLUENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; MACROLIDES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; QUINOLONES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SECONDARY CLARIFIER; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SULFONAMIDES;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; DOMESTIC WASTE; PERSISTENCE; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84878106090     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.040     Document Type: Article

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