Temporal variation of PCDD/F concentrations in vegetation samples collected in the vicinity of a municipal waste incinerator (1996-1997)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 218, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 175-183

  Schuhmacher, M ^a   Domingo, J L ^a   Llobet, J M ^a   Sunderhauf W ^b   Muller L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b MPU GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Municipal solid waste incinerator; PCDD PCDF; Temporal variation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATOR; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SAMPLING; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGY; PLANT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

AIR POLLUTION; BENZOFURANS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 0032581320     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(98)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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