Performance evaluation of reverse osmosis technology for selected antibiotics removal from synthetic pharmaceutical wastewater

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gholami, Mitra ^a   Mirzaei, Roya ^a   Kalantary, Roshanak Rezaei ^a   Sabzali, Ahmad ^b   Gatei, Fateme ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Ampicillin; Membrane technology; Pharmaceutical wastewater; Reverse osmosis (RO)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERMEABILITY; PH; POROSITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER;

EID: 84879044096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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