Perfluorooctane surfactants in waste waters, the major source of river pollution

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 115-121

  Becker, Anna Maria ^a   Gerstmann, Silke ^a   Frank, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mass flow; Perfluorinated surfactants; Sewage sludge; Surface waters; Waste waters

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER;

MASS FLOW; PERFLUORINATED SURFACTANTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SURFACE WATER; SURFACTANT;

ESTERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER;

DOMESTIC WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFLOW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OUTFLOW; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFONATE; SURFACE WATER; SURFACTANT; WASTE TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GERMANY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RIVER; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

FLUOROCARBONS; FRESH WATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 42749094655     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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