Ecotoxicological evaluation of the wastewater treatment process of the sewage treatment plant of Thessaloniki, Greece

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 614-621

  Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^a   Samara, Constantini ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; LUMISTox ; Persistent organic pollutants; Sewage sludge; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TOXICANTS; TOXICITY TESTING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY TEST;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; GREECE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; REDUCTION; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREECE; LUMINESCENCE; SEWAGE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33847389994     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2006.07.038     Document Type: Article

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