Implication of polymer toxicity in a municipal wastewater effluent

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2136-2139

  Rowland, Carolyn D ^a   Burton Jr , G Allen ^a   Morrison, Stephen M ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wastewater Treatm Div M   (United States)

Author keywords

Cationic polymers; Ceriodaphnia dubia; Toxicity identification evaluation; Whole effluent toxicity

Indexed keywords

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; FLOCCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA;

EID: 0033871788     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190825     Document Type: Article

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