Fate of caffeine in the environment and ecotoxicological considerations

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1048, Issue , 2010, Pages 257-273

  Bruton, Thomas ^a   Alboloushi, Ali ^a   De La Garza, Bella ^a   Kim, Bi O ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; QUANTITATIVE DATA; RECENT RESEARCHES; TREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CAFFEINE;

EID: 84905590496     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2010-1048.ch012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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