Potential benefits and risks of land application of sewage sludge

Waste Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-358

  Singh, R P ^a   Agrawal, M ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; CROPS; RISK ANALYSIS; SOIL SURVEYS;

PLANT NUTRIENTS; SLUDGE AMENDMENT;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BIOSOLIDS; CROPS; RISK ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRONOMY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROP YIELD; HORTICULTURE; METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PLANTS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 36549036647     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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