Distribution of estrogenic steroids in municipal wastewater treatment plants in Tehran, Iran

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mohagheghian, Azita ^a   Nabizadeh, Ramin ^a,b   Mesdghinia, Alireza ^a,b   Rastkari, Noushin ^b   Mahvi, Amir Hossein ^a,b   Alimohammadi, Mahmood ^a   Yunesian, Masoud ^a,b   Ahmadkhaniha, Reza ^b   Nazmara, Shahrokh ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Endocrine disrupting compounds; Estrogenic steroids; Municipal wastewater treatment plant; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EXTRACTION METHOD; HORMONE; STEROID; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84904598937     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-336X-12-97     Document Type: Article

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