Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in Swedish sewage treatment plants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7423-7429

  Marklund, Anneli ^a   Andersson, Barbro ^a   Haglund, Peter ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHLORINATION; EFFLUENTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; PHOSPHORUS; PLASTICIZERS; SAMPLING; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BUDGET CALCULATION; INFLUENTS; SLUDGE SAMPLES;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ALKYL GROUP; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLHEXYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PLASTICIZER; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 BUTOXYETHYL)PHOSPHATE; TRIS(2 CHLOROISOPROPYL)PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SWEDEN; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEWAGE; STATISTICS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLASTICIZERS; SEWAGE; SWEDEN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 26044472100     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051013l     Document Type: Article

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