The feasibility of planting on stabilized sludge-amended soil

Environment International

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 465-477

  Chu, C W ^a   Poon, C S ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOILS;

APROPYRON ELONGATUM; SLUDGE AMENDED SOIL;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AMMONIA; BORON; CADMIUM; CALCIUM OXIDE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

PLANT; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; ASH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SOIL; WHEAT;

EID: 0033133936     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(99)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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