Fate of toxic compounds during composting

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 953-960

  Eitzer, B D ^c   Iannucci Berger, W A ^c   Mark, G ^a,c   Zito, C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

^b Albertus Magnus College New Haven   (United States)

^c Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPOSTING; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ALDEHYDES; BENZOFURANS; CONNECTICUT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KETONES; METALS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 0030993264     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900427     Document Type: Article

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