The form and bioavailability of non-ionic organic chemicals in sewage sludge-amended agricultural soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 125-149

  Beck, Angus J ^a   Johnson, David L ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bioavailability; Chlorobenzenes; Organic chemical residues; PAH; PCB; PCDD F; Persistence; Sewage sludge amended soils

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION;

FUNGI;

EID: 0029930812     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05047-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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