Temporal trends in metal concentrations in soils and herbage collected near a municipal waste incinerator: Human health risks

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-472

  Mari, Montse ^a   Ferré Huguet, Núria ^a   Nadal, Martí ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health risks; Herbage; Metals; Municipal solid waste incinerator; Soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947392144     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030701226772     Document Type: Review

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