Monitoring PCDD/Fs, PCBs and metals in the ambient air of an industrial area of Catalonia, Spain

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 990-998

  Mari, Montse ^a   Nadal, Martí ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air; Metals; Municipal solid waste incinerator; PCBs; PCDD Fs; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FLUE GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAD; LEAKAGE (FLUID); MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SOLID WASTES; TIN; WASTE INCINERATION;

AIR; METALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; PCBS; PCDD/FS;

AIR POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; THALLIUM; TIN; VANADIUM;

AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; INCINERATION; PCB; PCDD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; INCINERATION; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALLURGY; METALS; POWER PLANTS; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 51449115250     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.06.025     Document Type: Article

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