Emission of artificial sweeteners, select pharmaceuticals, and personal care products through sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants in Korea

Environment International

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-40

  Subedi, Bikram ^a   Lee, Sunggyu ^b   Moon, Hyo Bang ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Antibiotics; Artificial sweeteners; Aspartame; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Saccharin; Sludge; Triclocarban; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; EFFLUENTS; FOOD ADDITIVES; INDUSTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION; PEPTIDES; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SUGARS; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS; ASPARTAME; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; SACCHARIN; SLUDGE; TRICLOCARBAN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SUGAR SUBSTITUTES;

ACESULFAME; ASPARTAME; CLINDAMYCIN; CODEINE; CYCLAMATE SODIUM; DRUG; KETOPROFEN; LINCOMYCIN; MICONAZOLE; OXYBENZONE; PARACETAMOL; SACCHARIN; SUCRALOSE; SWEETENING AGENT; TIABENDAZOLE; TRICLOCARBAN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOMESTIC WASTE; DRY WEIGHT; EFFLUENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HYGIENE PRODUCT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KOREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

KOREA;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANTIBIOTICS; ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS; ASPARTAME; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; SACCHARIN; SLUDGE; TRICLOCARBAN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANALGESICS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COSMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; LINEAR MODELS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SWEETENING AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES;

EID: 84896930717     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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