PCDD/F levels in the neighbourhood of a municipal solid waste incinerator after introduction of technical improvements in the facility

Environment International

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-27

  Domingo, J L ^a   Schuhmacher, M ^a   Agramunt, M C ^a   Llobet, J M ^a   Rivera, J ^b   Muller L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c MPU GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SOILS; SOLID WASTES;

POLLUTANT EMISSIONS;

MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCDD; PCDF; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; HERBAGE; INCINERATION; LAW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SPAIN; VEGETATION; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POACEAE; STANDARD;

BARCELONA; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INCINERATION; POACEAE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 0036014128     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(01)00129-5     Document Type: Article

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