Endocrine disruptors compounds, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in urban wastewater: Implications for agricultural reuse and their removal by adsorption process

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3616-3628

  Grassi, Mariangela ^a   Rizzo, Luigi ^b   Farina, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Low cost adsorbents; Toxicity; Urban wastewater; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; OPTIMIZATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER USE;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84878106177     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1636-7     Document Type: Article

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