National inventory of alkylphenol ethoxylate compounds in U.S. sewage sludges and chemical fate in outdoor soil mesocosms

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 174, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-193

  Venkatesan, Arjun K ^a   Halden, Rolf U ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylphenol ethoxylates; Biosolids; Emerging contaminants; National inventory; Soil half life; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ALKYL PHENOLS; ALKYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; ANALYTES; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ETHOXYLATES; EUROPEAN REGULATION; FIELD CONDITIONS; HALF LIVES; MESOCOSMS; NATIONAL INVENTORY; NONYLPHENOLS; NP COMPOUND; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

4 NONYLPHENOL; 4 NONYLPHENOL DIETHOXYLATE; 4 NONYLPHENOL MONOETHOXYLATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; OCTYLPHENOL; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOSOLID; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MESOCOSM; PHENOL; SLUDGE; SOIL; SURFACTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MESOCOSM; SLUDGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHENOLS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871801187     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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