Effect of sewage sludges contaminated with polybrominated diphenylethers on agricultural soils

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1079-1086

  Eljarrat, Ethel ^a   Marsh, Göran ^a   Labandeira, Ana ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Persistent organic pollutants; Sludge amended soils

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POP); SLUDGE AMENDED SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DRY WEIGHT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RURAL AREA; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOGRAPHY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN;

EID: 40949110629     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.10.047     Document Type: Article

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