Estimation of the contribution of a municipal waste incinerator to the overall emission and human intake of PCBs in Wilrijk, Flanders

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1303-1308

  Van Gerven, Tom ^a   Geysen, Daneel ^a   Vandecasteele, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capacitors; Emissions; Food contamination; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Transformers; Waste incineration

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; WASTE INCINERATION;

TOTAL HUMAN INTAKE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

INK; PAINT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION; INCINERATION; PCB;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; BREATHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EQUIPMENT; EVAPORATION; FOOD INTAKE; INCINERATION; INCINERATOR; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PREDICTION;

ANTWERP [ANTWERP (PRV)]; ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0742306771     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00233-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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