Seasonal variation in the occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a wastewater treatment plant in Xiamen, China

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 277, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-75

  Sun, Qian ^a   Lv, Min ^a   Hu, Anyi ^a   Yang, Xiaoyong ^a   Yu, Chang Ping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Occurrence; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs); Removal efficiencies; Seasonal variations; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED-SLUDGE TREATMENT PROCESS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; DISINFECTION TREATMENTS; OCCURRENCE; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

COSMETIC; PARACETAMOL; SEA WATER; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DRUG; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; DRUG; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISINFECTION; HYGIENE PRODUCT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; SEASON; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; FUJIAN; XIAMEN;

CHINA; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEASONS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84897032724     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.11.056     Document Type: Article

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