Levels, compositions, and inventory of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sewage sludge of Guangdong Province, South China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8780-8789

  Ran, Yong ^a   Yang, Juan ^a,b   Liu, Yejun ^a,b   Zeng, Xianying ^a   Gui, Hongyan ^c   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Construction and Environmental Administration Bureau ^*  (China)

Author keywords

Inventory; Organic carbon; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Sewage sludge; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; EMISSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; PBDE; SAMPLING; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84891164918     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1834-3     Document Type: Article

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