Occurrence and Elimination of Pharmaceuticals During Conventional Wastewater Treatment

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-23

  Jelić, Aleksandra ^a   Gros, Meritxell ^b   Petrović, Mira ^b,c   Ginebreda, Antoni ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Pharmaceuticals; Removal; Sludge; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 85030145285     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25722-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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