Anaerobic degradation of brominated flame retardants in sewage sludge

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 311-317

  Gerecke, Andreas C ^a   Giger, Walter ^b   Hartmann, Paul C ^b   Heeb, Norbert V ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter E ^b   Schmid, Peter ^a   Zennegg, Markus ^a   Kohler, Martin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaerobic degradation; DecaBDE; HBCD; Reductive dehalogenation; Sewage sludge; TBBPA

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DEGRADATION; ISOMERS; MIXTURES; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER (DECABDE); HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE (HBCD); REDUCTIVE DEHALOGENATION; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A (TBBPA);

FLAME RETARDANTS;

BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DEGRADATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; ISOMERS; MIXTURES; RATE CONSTANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

BIODEGRADATION; PBDE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DEGRADATION; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HALF LIFE TIME; INCUBATION TIME; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

EID: 33744800292     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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