Barium uptake by maize plants as affected by sewage sludge in a long-term field study

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1148-1157

  Nogueira, Thiago Assis Rodrigues ^a   deMelo, Wanderley José ^b   Fonseca, Ivana Machado ^b   Marques, Marcos Omir ^b   He, Zhenli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolid; Food contamination; Heavy metal; Urban waste; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; CRITICAL LEVEL; DRY MATTERS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FIELD CONDITIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GRAIN PRODUCTION; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MAIZE PLANTS; MINERAL FERTILIZATION; TERM FIELD; TEST PLANTS; URBAN WASTES; ZEA MAYS; ZEA MAYS L.;

BARIUM; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BARIUM; FERTILIZER; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BARIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD QUALITY; MAIZE; MINERALOGY; SLUDGE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELD STUDY; FOOD CHAIN; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SLUDGE; SOIL; WASTE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BARIUM; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZEA MAYS;

BRAZIL; JABOTICABAL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954543237     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.138     Document Type: Article

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