Short- and long-chain perfluorinated acids in sewage sludge from Shanghai, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1300-1305

  Yan, Hong ^a   Zhang, Chao Jie ^a   Zhou, Qi ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Meng, Xiang Zhou ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ecological risk; Perfluorinated acids; Quantitative analysis; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION POTENTIAL; ECOLOGICAL RISKS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCHES; PERFLUORINATED ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SLUDGE-AMENDED SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD (REGULATION); WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; EVALUATION RESEARCH; SAMPLE; SLUDGE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 84863110541     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.105     Document Type: Article

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