Monitoring and prioritisation of organic contaminants in sewage sludges using specific chemical analysis and predictive, non-analytical methods

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 27-44

  Webber, M D ^a   Rogers, H R ^b   Watts, C D ^b   Boxall, A B A ^b   Davis, R D ^b   Scoffin, R ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b WRC PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD LASERS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non analytical methods; Organic contaminants; Ranking; Sewage sludge; VOC

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; LAND USE; MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HIGH PRODUCTION VOLUME CHEMICALS; NON-ANALYTICAL METHODS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; RANKING;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGRICULTURE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0343090213     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(96)05040-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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