Occurrence and removal of estrogens in Brazilian wastewater treatment plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 288-295

  Pessoa, Germana P ^a   de Souza, Neyliane C ^b   Vidal, Carla B ^a   Alves, Joana A C ^a   Firmino, Paulo Igor M ^a   Nascimento, Ronaldo F ^a   dos Santos, André B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting chemical; Hormone; Occurrence; Removal; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONES; PONDING; REMOVAL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE SYSTEMS; BIOLOGICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; OCCURRENCE; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

17BETA ESTRADIOL 17 ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ESTRONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL 17-ACETATE; ESTROGEN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; HORMONE; REACTION KINETICS; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPFLOW REACTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRAZIL;

BRAZIL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; ESTRONE; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901240071     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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