Air-vegetation transfer of PCDD/PCDFs: An assessment of field data and implications for modeling

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^b   Domingo, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modeling; Plants air transfer; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins and dibenzofurans; Soil air transfer

Indexed keywords

PLANTS-AIR TRANSFER; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; SOIL-AIR TRANSFER;

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID WASTES; VEGETATION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COMBUSTION; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCDD; PCDF; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); VEGETATION; VOLATILIZATION;

ABSORPTION; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EVALUATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BENZOFURANS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RAIN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; VOLATILIZATION;

DATA PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONTCADA I REIXAC; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33748264385     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.09.017     Document Type: Article

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