Environmental impact and human health risks of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in the vicinity of a new hazardous waste incinerator: A case study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-66

  Ferré Huguet, Noria ^a   Nadal, Martí ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; POLYMERS; REFUSE INCINERATORS;

ADULTS; AIR EMISSION; CHILDREN; HUMAN HEALTH;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INCINERATION; PCDD; PCDF; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIELD EMISSION; FOOD INTAKE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; INCINERATION; POPULATION RISK; SOIL; VEGETATION;

BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 30344440087     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es051630+     Document Type: Article

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