Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in selected sewage sludge in Nigeria

Chemosphere

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-335

  Sindiku, Omotayo ^a   Orata, Francis ^b   Weber, Roland ^c   Osibanjo, Oladele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; PFASs; PFOA; PFOS; Stockholm Convention

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBOXYLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AFRICA; PFASS; PFOA; PFOS; STOCKHOLM;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC COMPOUND; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NIGERIA; SLUDGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84877722273     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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