Occurrence and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sewage treatment plants using microwave-assisted extraction followed by liquid chromatography coupled with fluorescence detector

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Pakou, Constantina ^a   Fountoulakis, Michalis ^a   Drillia, Panagiota ^a   Kampioti, Adamantia ^a,b   Stamatelatou, Katerina ^a   Lyberatos, Gerasimos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Microwave assisted extraction; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sewage sludge; Sewage treatment plant; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXTRACTION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAH; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ACHAEA; ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IRAKLION [CRETE]; PATRAS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN GREECE;

EID: 33947124993     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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