Multi-compartmental environmental surveillance of a petrochemical area: Levels of micropollutants

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-235

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

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air; Micropollutants; Petrochemical industrial complex; Soil; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AIR; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CADMIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY (METAL); NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROCHEMICALS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE; INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX; MICROPOLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE (PCNS); POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS);

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; PAH; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA]; TARRAGONA [TARRAGONA (PRV)];

EID: 58349092735     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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