Monitoring PCDD/Fs in soil and herbage samples collected near a hazardous waste incinerator: Health risks for the population living nearby

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1255-1270

  Mari, Montse ^a   Nadal, Mart ^a   Ferr Huguet, Nria ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Borrajo, Miguel A ^a   Domingo, Jos L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dioxins and furans (PCDD Fs); Hazardous waste incinerator; Health risks; Herbage; Soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249003423     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030701655863     Document Type: Article

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