Occurrence, Toxicity, and Biodegradation of Selected Emerging Priority Pollutants in Municipal Sewage Sludge

Comprehensive Biotechnology, Second Edition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 473-484

  Stamatelatou, K ^a   Pakou, C ^b   Lyberatos, G ^b,c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biodegradation; Composting; Di 2 ethyl hexyl phthalate; Linear alkylbenzene sulfonates; Nonylphenol ethoxylates; Phthalates; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Sewage sludge; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012833551     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-088504-9.00496-7     Document Type: Chapter

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