Occurrence and removal of steroidal estrogens in Centre Eastern Tunisia municipal sewage treatment plant

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 52, Issue 10-12, 2014, Pages 2330-2339

  Belhaj, Dalel ^a   Jaabiri, Ikram ^a   Ayadi, Habib ^b   Kallel, Monem ^a   Zhou, John L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Estrogens; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STEROID; WASTE FACILITY;

TUNISIA;

EID: 84897631141     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.804448     Document Type: Article

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