Levels and distributions of polychlorinated biphenyls in sewage sludge of urban wastewater treatment plants

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-473

  GUO, Li ^a   ZHANG, Bing ^a   XIAO, Ke ^a   ZHANG, Qinghua ^a   ZHENG, Minghui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

distribution; polychlorinated biphenyls; sewage sludge; wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BEIJING , CHINAS; COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS; CONCENTRATION OF; DISTRIBUTION; DRY WEIGHTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HOMOLOGUE PROFILES; ISOTOPE DILUTIONS; LAND APPLICATIONS; MEAN VALUES; PCB CONGENERS; SLUDGE SAMPLES; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS; UPPER LIMITS; URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

PCB; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SEWAGE; STANDARD; WATER POLLUTANT;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

TETRA;

EID: 64549106470     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62293-7     Document Type: Article

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