Temporal and spatial contamination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in wastewater treatment plants in Hong Kong

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 502, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-142

  Deng, Dan ^a   Chen, Hexiang ^b   Tam, Nora F Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING COLLEGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Congeners; Dewatered sludge; PBDE contamination; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

CONGENERS; DEWATERED SLUDGE; HONG-KONG; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEWATERING; EFFLUENT; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SLUDGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; HONG KONG; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDFILL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE DEWATERING; URBANIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HONG KONG; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84907494797     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.090     Document Type: Article

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