Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in wastewater, WWTPs effluents and in the recipient waters of Beijing, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4254-4260

  Qi, Weixiao ^a   Liu, Huijuan ^a   Pernet Coudrier, Benoît ^b   Qu, Jiuhui ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flux; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Receiving river; Sewer; Sources; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFLUENT; PAH; RIVER SYSTEM; SEWER NETWORK; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; WENYU RIVER;

EID: 84878106052     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1435-6     Document Type: Article

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