Impact assessment of treated/untreated wastewater toxicants discharged by sewage treatment plants on health, agricultural, and environmental quality in the wastewater disposal area

Chemosphere

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-255

  Singh, Kunwar P ^a   Mohan, Dinesh ^a   Sinha, Sarita ^b   Dalwani, R ^c  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Natl River Conservation Directorate   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture, environment and health; Impact assessment; Metals and pesticides; STPs; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BLOOD; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CROPS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; HEALTH; PESTICIDES; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; FERTILIZER; METAL; NICKEL; NITROGEN; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; POLLUTANT; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; URINALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KANPUR; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

EID: 0842329540     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.10.050     Document Type: Article

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