Evaluation of cow manure effect as bulking agent on concentration of heavy metals in municipal sewage sludge vermicomposting

Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 124, 2015, Pages 152-169

  Zazouli, Mohammad Ali ^a   Asgharnia, Hosseinali ^b   Cherati, Jamshid Yazdani ^a   Hezarjeribi, Hajar Ziaee ^a   Ahmadnezhad, Abbas ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Compost; Cow manure; Earthworms; Eisenia foetida; Heavy metals; Sewage sludge; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

BULKING AGENT; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COW; EISENIA FETIDA; GOVERNMENT; MANURE; NONHUMAN; SLUDGE; VERMICOMPOST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84936066468     PISSN: 17359279     EISSN: 17359260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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