Assessment of the toxicity of metals in soils amended with sewage sludge using a chemical speciation technique and a lux-based biosensor

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 659-663

  McGrath, Steve P ^a   Knight, Bruce ^a   Killham, Ken ^b   Preston, Sara ^b   Paton, Graeme I ^b  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Nickel; Pollution; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; NICKEL; ZINC;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; METAL; SEWAGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BRAUNSCHWEIG; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0032997979     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620180411     Document Type: Article

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