Removal of pharmaceuticals by conventional wastewater treatment plants

Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 231-286

  Verlicchi, Paola ^a   Zambello, Elena ^a   Al Aukidy, Mustafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activated sludge system; Mass load; Partitioning; Pharmaceutical compounds; Pharmaceutical industry effluent treatment; Removal efficiency; Removal mechanisms; Risk quotient; Sludge; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888425947     PISSN: 0166526X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62657-8.00008-2     Document Type: Chapter

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