The use of an odour wheel classification for the evaluation of human health risk criteria for compost facilities

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 345-357

  Rosenfeld, P E ^a   Clark, J J J ^a   Hensley, A R ^a   Suffet, I H ^b  

^a Soil Water Air Protection Enterprise SWAPE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost odour; Compost odour wheel; Compost risk assesment; Odour risk analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; HEALTH HAZARDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COMPOST ODORANTS; ODOUR DETECTION LIMIT; ODOUR THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS; ODOUR WHEEL;

ODORS;

ACETONE; BENZENE; DIMETHYLAMINE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

COMPOSTING; HEALTH HAZARDS; ODORS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BENZENE; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; HEALTH RISK; ODOR; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CLASSIFICATION; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ODOR; ORGANIC WASTE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALCOHOLS; BRASSICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS; GARLIC; HUMANS; NITROGEN; ODORS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOLVENTS; SULFUR;

EID: 34247513455     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.197     Document Type: Conference Paper

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