Assessment of heavy metals in municipal sewage sludge: A case study of Limpopo Province, South Africa

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2569-2579

  Shamuyarira, Kudakwashe K ^a   Gumbo, Jabulani R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Effluent; Heavy metals; Sewage sludge; Silver

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; SILVER; ZINC; SEWAGE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GUIDELINE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; SEWAGE; SILVER; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE FACILITY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; SEWAGE;

LIMPOPO; LOUIS TRICHARDT; POLOKWANE; SOUTH AFRICA;

METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; SILVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84897896893     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110302569     Document Type: Article

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