Exposure evaluation of dioxins in municipal waste incinerator workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 167-174

  Kumagai, Shinji ^a   Koda, Shigeki ^b   Oda, Hajime ^a  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood dioxin level; Daily dioxin intake; Dioxin exposure; Dioxins; Municipal waste incineration plant

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BLOOD LEVEL; FLY ASH; HUMAN; INCINERATION; JAPAN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SLAG; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0043172472     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.41.167     Document Type: Review

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