Dioxin emissions from thermal waste management in Medellín, Colombia: Present regulation status and preliminary results

Waste Management

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1603-1610

  Aristizabal B ^a   Cobo, M ^a   de Correa, C Montes ^a   Martinez K ^b   Abad, E ^b   Rivera, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

DIOXIN EMISSIONS; EMISSION LEVELS; ION TRAP TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GAS EMISSIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

DIOXIN; EMISSION; FLY ASH; FURAN; INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COLOMBIA; DIOXINS; GASES; INCINERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANTIOQUIA [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; MEDELLIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548254052     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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