Loss pathways of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in turfgrass soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 285-292

  Arienzo, M ^a   Gan, J ^b   Ernst, F ^b   Qin, S ^b   Bondarenko, S ^b   Sedlak, D L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LEACHING; LYSIMETERS; WASTEWATER;

IN SITU LYSIMETERS; INTENSIVE IRRIGATION C; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE (NDMA);

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

CARCINOGEN; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); ISOTOPE LABELING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURFGRASS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CARBON ISOTOPES; NITROSAMINES; POACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

POACEAE;

EID: 31844455596     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0265     Document Type: Article

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