Refractory organic pollutants and toxicity in pulp and paper mill wastewaters

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6473-6499

  Lindholm Lehto, Petra C ^a   Knuutinen, Juha S ^a   Ahkola, Heidi S J ^b   Herve, Sirpa H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biocides; Extractives; Fatty acids; Lignin; Organic pollutants; Resin acids; Toxicity; Wastewaters

Indexed keywords

DANGEROUS GOODS; DISINFECTANT AGENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGNIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE WATER;

ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; WASTE WATER;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; DISINFECTANTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGNIN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAPER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84939938810     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4163-x     Document Type: Review

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