Comment on "Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in surface waters, sediments, soils and wastewater - A review on concentrations and distribution coefficients" by Zareitalabad et al. [Chemosphere 91(6) (2013) 725-732]

Chemosphere

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 1056-1057

  Xiao, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RUNOFF; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESORPTION; ESTUARY; GEOGRAPHY; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOTHERM; LETTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; SOIL; SURFACE AREA; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84940961226     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.07.042     Document Type: Letter

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