A review of the photodegradability and transformation products of 13 pharmaceuticals and pesticides relevant to sewage polishing treatment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 551-552, Issue , 2016, Pages 712-724

  Mathon, Baptiste ^a   Choubert, Jean Marc ^a   Miege, Cécile ^a   Coquery, Marina ^a  

^a UR MALY   (France)

Author keywords

Direct photodegradation; Indirect photodegradation; Micropollutant; Transformation products; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; KINETIC PARAMETERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PESTICIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; POLISHING; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DIRECT PHOTODEGRADATION; KINETIC RATE CONSTANTS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PHOTODEGRADATION KINETICS; PHOTOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ATENOLOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DIURON; ERYTHROMYCIN; ISOPROTURON; METOPROLOL; PESTICIDE; PROPRANOLOL; ROXITHROMYCIN; SIMAZINE; SOTALOL; TIMOLOL; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; DRUG;

DRUG; EFFLUENT; PESTICIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; XENOBIOTICS;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; EFFLUENT; HALF LIFE TIME; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUNLIGHT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHOTOLYSIS; SEWAGE; SUNLIGHT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84958559362     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.009     Document Type: Review

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