Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sewage sludge from Shanghai, China: Possible ecological risk applied to agricultural land

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-423

  Yang, Chao ^a   Meng, Xiang Zhou ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Xia, Siqing ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Sewage sludge; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ETHERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SHANGHAI; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOSOLID; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 80555126734     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.068     Document Type: Article

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