Household chemicals and personal care products as sources for xenobiotic organic compounds in grey wastewater

Water SA

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-146

  Eriksson, E ^a   Auffarth, K ^a   Eilersen, A M ^a   Henze, M ^a   Ledin, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Characterisation; Diary survey; Greywater; Inventory; Screening; Xenobiotic

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCTION; SEWERS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS;

WASTEWATER;

DOMESTIC WASTE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTEWATER;

EID: 0038518271     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v29i2.4848     Document Type: Article

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