Sources and build up of Zn, Cd, Cr and Pb in the sludge of Gaza

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 51-62

  Shomar, Basem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cd; Cr; Gaza; Pb; Sludge; Wastewater; Zn

Indexed keywords

CD; CR; GAZA; PB; SLUDGE; ZN;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; LAKES; LEACHING; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); POLLUTION; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; ZINC;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HALOGEN; LEAD; ZINC;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LEAD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAGOON; LEACHING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENTATION; SLUDGE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; MIDDLE EAST; SEWAGE; ZINC;

AFRICA; GAZA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68149182634     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0417-0     Document Type: Article

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