Adsorption and biodegradation of typical estrogens in activated sludge under aerobic conditions

Harbin Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 117-121

  Wang, Lingyun ^a   Zhang, Xihui ^a   Tao, Yi ^a   Hu, Jiangyong ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Activated; Activated sludge; Adsorption; Biodegradation; Estrogen; Ethinylestradiol; Nitrifying; Sludge

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED; ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; NITRIFYING; SLUDGE;

ADSORPTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 84883789704     PISSN: 03676234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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