Concentrations, transport, fate, and releases of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sewage treatment plants in the Pearl River Delta, South China

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 303-309

  Peng, Xianzhi ^a   Tang, Caiming ^a,b   Yu, Yiyi ^a,b   Tan, Jianhua ^c   Huang, Qiuxin ^a,b   Wu, Jiangping ^a,b   Chen, Shejun ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Guangzhou Institute of Quality Monitoring and Inspection   (China)

Author keywords

PBDEs; Pearl River Delta; Sewage treatment plants; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; EFFLUENTS; ETHERS; GEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RIVERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; PBDES; PEARL RIVER DELTA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); RAW WASTEWATERS; SOUTH CHINA; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; TREATED EFFLUENT;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PBDE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 58349091225     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.07.021     Document Type: Article

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