Removal of Natural Steroid Hormones from Wastewater Using Membrane Contactor Processes †

J O S H U A L . C A R T I N E L L A , ‡ T Z A H I Y . C A T H , * , § M I C H A E L T . F L Y N N , | G L E N N C . M I L L E R , ⊥ K E N N E T H W . H U N T E R , J R . , # A N D A M Y E . C H I L D R E S S ‡ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, Division of Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401, NASA-Ames Research Center, M/SS: 239-11, Moffett Field, California 94035-1000, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557, and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada 89557

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