Wastewater treatment plants as chemical observatories to forecast ecological and human health risks of manmade chemicals

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Venkatesan, Arjun K ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84892714889     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03731     Document Type: Article

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