Toxicity assays and their evaluation on organic polymer flocculants used for municipal sludge dewatering

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 7 pt 6, 1998, Pages 207-215

  Takigami, H ^a   Taniguchi, N ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Matsui, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Algal toxicity; Bacillus subtilis rec assay; Closterium ehrenbergii; Flocculants; Genotoxicity; Organic polymer

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ALGAE; BIOASSAY; DEWATERING; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FLOCCULATION; MONOMERS; OLIGOMERS; TOXICITY;

GENOTOXICITY; MUNICIPAL SLUDGE;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

MONOMER; OLIGOMER; POLYMER;

DEWATERING; FLOCCULANT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

ALGA; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; FLOCCULATION; GENOTOXICITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE DEWATERING; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALGAE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CLOSTERIUM EHRENBERGII;

EID: 0031761832     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(98)00622-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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