Fate of antibiotics during wastewater treatment and antibiotic distribution in the effluent-receiving waters of the Yellow Sea, northern China

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 282-290

  Zhang, Hanmin ^a   Liu, Pengxiao ^a   Feng, Yujie ^b   Yang, Fenglin ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Distribution; Receiving waters; Removal pathways; The Yellow Sea; WWTPs effluents

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC CONCENTRATION; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; RECEIVING WATERS; YELLOW SEA;

AMIDES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIODEGRADATION; METABOLITES; SURVEYS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM; CEFALEXIN; CEFRADINE; MACROLIDE; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ROXITHROMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; EFFLUENT; QUALITY CONTROL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTICS; DISTRIBUTION; RECEIVING WATERS; REMOVAL PATHWAYS; THE YELLOW SEA; WWTPS EFFLUENTS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA; DALIAN; LIAONING; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84881029065     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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