Total suspended particulate (TSP), polychlorinated dibenzodioxin (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) emissions from medical waste incinerators in Antioquia, Colombia

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Hoyos, A ^a   Cobo, M ^a   Aristizabal B ^a   Cordoba F ^a   Montes de Correa, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Furans; Incineration; Incinerators; Medical waste; Waste management

Indexed keywords

BASE LINES; COLOMBIA; COMBUSTION GASES; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN EMISSIONS; DIOXINS; FURANS; HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS; INCINERATION; INCINERATORS; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTES; PCDD/PCDF; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATE; WASTE INCINERATORS;

AIR POLLUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; MANAGEMENT; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

REFUSE INCINERATORS;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

EMISSION; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCINERATION; PCDD; PCDF; SURVEY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMBUSTION; FIELD EMISSION; GAS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; COLOMBIA; INCINERATION; MEDICAL WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENSIONS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANTIOQUIA [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48849094470     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.03.079     Document Type: Article

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