Hazard assessment of a silver nanoparticle in soil applied via sewage sludge

Environmental Sciences Europe

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schlich, Karsten ^a   Klawonn, Thorsten ^a   Terytze, Konstantin ^b   Hund Rinke, Kerstin ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecotoxicology; Hazard assessment; Sewage sludge; Silver nanoparticles; Soil

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POLLUTION EFFECT; SEWAGE; SILVER; SIMULATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

GERMANY;

EID: 84887756610     PISSN: 21904707     EISSN: 21904715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2190-4715-25-17     Document Type: Article

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