Environmental monitoring of PCDD/Fs and metals in the vicinity of a cement plant after using sewage sludge as a secondary fuel

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1502-1508

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

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cement plant; Environmental monitoring; Human health risk assessment; Metals; PCDD Fs; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISKS; CARCINOGENIC RISKS; CURRENT LEVELS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; LOCAL POPULATIONS; METAL LEVELS; PARTIAL SUBSTITUTIONS; PCDD/FS; POLLUTANT LEVELS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; SAMPLING SITES; SECONDARY FUELS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; URBAN AREAS;

CADMIUM; CEMENT PLANTS; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL CEMENT; SOILS; TIN; ZINC;

HEALTH RISKS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; POACEAE; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 60649099974     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.055     Document Type: Article

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