Dioxin-like compounds in Australian sewage sludge - Review and national survey

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1215-1228

  Clarke, Bradley ^a,b   Porter, Nichola ^a,b   Symons, Robert ^c   Blackbeard, Judy ^b   Ades, Peter ^d   Marriott, Philip ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Applied Chemistry   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Dioxins; Furans; Persistent organic pollutants; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

MIXTURES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SURVEYS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCENTRATION RANGES; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; SLUDGE SAMPLES;

SEWAGE;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RURAL AREA; SLUDGE;

AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SEWAGE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 45449086031     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.01.076     Document Type: Article

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