Temporal trends of persistent organic pollutants in digested sewage sludge (1993-2012)

Environment International

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 202-208

  Zennegg, Markus ^a   Munoz, Maria ^a,b   Schmid, Peter ^a   Gerecke, Andreas C ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosolids; PBDE; PCB; PCDD FBFR; PFOS

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS; BROMINE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PBDE; PCDD/FBFR; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PFOS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PCDD; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DIGESTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TREND STUDY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOSOLIDS; PBDE; PCB; PCDD/FBFR; PFOS;

BENZOFURANS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEWAGE; SWITZERLAND; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84884400676     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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