Origin and health impacts of emissions of toxic by-products and fine particles from combustion and thermal treatment of hazardous wastes and materials

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 810-817

  Cormier, Stephania A ^a   Lomnicki, Slawo ^a   Backes, Wayne ^a   Dellinger, Barry ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular health; Environmental health; Fine and ultrafine particulate matter; Persistent free radicals; Respiratory health; Thermal remediation

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHROMIUM; DIOXANE; FREE RADICAL; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; DANGEROUS GOODS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; INCINERATION; LAW; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CATALYSIS; CHILD; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 33745020413     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8629     Document Type: Review

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