Dioxin contamination after an accidental fire in the municipal landfill of Tagarades, Thessaloniki, Greece

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 879-884

  Vassiliadou, Irene ^a   Papadopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Costopoulou, Danae ^a   Vasiliadou, Sophia ^b   Christoforou, Sophia ^c   Leondiadis, Leondios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b Department of the Veterinary Public Health   (Greece)

^c Directorate of Environmental Protection   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Food; Landfill fire; PCBs; Soil

Indexed keywords

DIOXINS; FOOD; LANDFILL FIRE; PCBS; SOIL;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; FIRES; LAND FILL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONTAMINATION;

CONTAMINATED LAND; DIOXIN; FIRE; LANDFILL; PCDD; PCDF; SOIL QUALITY;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CHICKENS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRES; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GOATS; SHEEP; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGARADES; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 59249106223     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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