Characterization, treatment and releases of PBDEs and PAHs in a typical municipal sewage treatment plant situated beside an urban river, East China

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1281-1290

  Wang, Xiaowei ^a,b   Xi, Beidou ^b   Huo, Shouliang ^b   Sun, Wenjun ^c   Pan, Hongwei ^b   Zhang, Jingtian ^b   Ren, Yuqing ^a   Liu, Hongliang ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Municipal sewage treatment plant; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Urban river

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); SEDIMENTATION PROCESS; SOLID-WATER PARTITIONING; URBAN RIVER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

EFFLUENTS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYRENE; RIVERS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; NAPHTHALENE; PAH; PARTITIONING; PBDE; PYRENE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANHUI; CHINA; HEFEI;

EID: 84880734913     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(12)60201-0     Document Type: Article

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