Toxicological screening of chemical emissions from municipal solid waste landfills. Application of a predictive framework to a state-of-the-art facility

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-286

  Manca, Dino ^a,b   Birmingham, Brendan ^a   Raha, Devbani ^a  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

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EID: 26444460337     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039709383684     Document Type: Article

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