Quaternary ammonium compounds in urban estuarine sediment environments - A class of contaminants in need of increased attention?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 7561-7568

  Li, Xiaolin ^a   Brownawell, Bruce J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-CHAIN LENGTH; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; CONSTANT COMPOSITION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTS; FIELD CONDITIONS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HUDSON RIVER; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUND; RECEIVING WATERS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; DYES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE; SORPTION; WASTEWATER;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARBON; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; BIODEGRADATION; CATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SORPTION; SURFACTANT; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ESTUARY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HUDSON BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957344554     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1011669     Document Type: Article

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