Occurrence of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in sewage sludge from Shanghai: Implications for source and environmental burden

Chemosphere

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 207-212

  Xiang, Nan ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Meng, Xiang Zhou ^a   Dai, Xiaohu ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Diastereoisomer profiles; Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); Mass loading; Sewage sludge; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DIASTEREOISOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; MASS LOADINGS; OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION; SHANGHAI; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYSTYRENE; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALKENE; DATA SET; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIASTEREOISOMER; DRY WEIGHT; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; STEREOISOMERISM; URBANIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

CHINA; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; SEWAGE; STEREOISOMERISM; URBANIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84922332364     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.08.058     Document Type: Article

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