Time-trends of metals and organic contaminants in sewage sludge

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 4841-4851

  Olofsson, Ulrika ^a   Bignert, Anders ^b   Haglund, Peter ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emerging pollutants; Organophosphorus compounds; Organotin compounds; POP; PPCP

Indexed keywords

METAL ANALYSIS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

EMERGING POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS; PPCP;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIMETICONE; NORFLOXACIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRICLOSAN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTIBIOTICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LEGAL SYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PERSISTENCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84864064005     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.048     Document Type: Article

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