Biodegradation of phthalate esters in compost-amended soil

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 873-877

  Chang, B V ^a   Lu, Y S ^a   Yuan, S Y ^a   Tsao, T M ^b   Wang, M K ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Compost; Particle size; Phthalate esters; Soil

Indexed keywords

ACID ESTERS; ANIMAL MANURES; COMPOST; DEGRADATION RATES; PARTICLE SIZE RANGES; PHTHALATE; PHTHALATE ESTERS; SOIL;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; ESTERIFICATION; MANURES; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOILS;

ESTERS;

PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOST; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHTHALATE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOST; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE; SOIL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; ESTERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58749116427     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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