A review on removal of pharmaceuticals from water by adsorption

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue 27, 2016, Pages 12842-12860

  Akhtar, Javaid ^a,b   Amin, Nor Aishah Saidina ^a   Shahzad, Khurram ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adsorbents; Adsorption; Adsorption capacity; Pharmaceuticals; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DRUG; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TECHNOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84933060409     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1051121     Document Type: Article

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