Determination of phenols and pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewaters from Polish treatment plants by ultrasound-assisted emulsification-microextraction followed by GC-MS

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 660-673

  Kotowska, Urszula ^a   Kapelewska, Justyna ^a   Sturgulewska, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acidic pharmaceuticals; Effluents; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Influents; Municipal wastewater treatment plant; Phenols; Ultrasound assisted emulsification microextraction

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORRELATION; DRUG; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PHENOL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 OCTYLPHENOL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; 4-NONYLPHENOL; 4-OCTYLPHENOL; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; DRUG; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRICLOSAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRACTIONATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; ULTRASOUND; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHENOLS; TRICLOSAN; ULTRASONICS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84891629031     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1904-6     Document Type: Article

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