Removal and seasonal variability of selected analgesics/anti-inflammatory, anti-hypertensive/cardiovascular pharmaceuticals and UV filters in wastewater treatment plant

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 7578-7585

  Golovko, Oksana ^a   Kumar, Vimal ^a   Fedorova, Ganna ^a   Randak, Tomas ^a   Grabic, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anti hypertensive cardiovascular drugs; Pharmaceuticals; Removal efficiency; Seasonal variation; UV filters; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FILTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

CESKE BUDEJOVICE; CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOCESKY;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEVICES; FILTRATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASON; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CZECH REPUBLIC; FILTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902536721     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2654-9     Document Type: Article

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