Occurrence and fate of perfluorinated compounds in sewage sludge from Spain and Germany

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4109-4119

  Gómez Canela, Cristian ^a   Barth, Johannes A C ^b   Lacorte, Silvia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental fate; Mass loading; Perfluorinated compounds; Sludge

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON;

ACETIC ACID; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; ORGANOFLUORINE; PERSISTENCE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; SEWAGE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

GERMANY; SPAIN;

EID: 84867100281     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1078-7     Document Type: Article

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