Health risk assessment of PCDD/F emissions from a hazardous and medical waste incinerator in Turkey

Environment International

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1027-1038

  Karademir, Aykan ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Exposure; Multimedia model; PCDD Fs; Risk assessment; Waste incineration

Indexed keywords

AIR; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE; WASTE INCINERATION;

DEPOSITION RATES; INCINERATOR EMISSIONS;

HEALTH RISKS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INCINERATION; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT TISSUE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WET DEPOSITION;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4444271434     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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