Survey of levels of phthalate ester plasticizers in a sewage lagoon effluent and a receiving stream

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 457-480

  Ogunfowokan, A O ^a   Torto, N ^b   Adenuga, A A ^a   Okoh, E K ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Clean up; Effluent; Influent; Phthalates; Receiving stream; Sewage lagoon

Indexed keywords

CLEAN-UP EXPERIMENT; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; PHTHALATE ESTERS PLASTICIZERS; RECEIVING STREAM;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTERS; EXTRACTION; HEALTH HAZARDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEWAGE LAGOONS; TOXICITY;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIISONONYL; PHTHALIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIOCTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTICIZER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLEANUP; EFFLUENT; LAGOON; PHTHALATE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NIGERIA; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748209157     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-1500-z     Document Type: Article

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