Indoor air concentrations of mercury species in incineration plants for municipal solid waste (MSW) and hospital waste (HW)

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-271

  Liu, Yangsheng ^a   Zhan, Ziyu ^a   Du, Fang ^a   Kong, Sifang ^a   Liu, Yushan ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Taiyuan Chenfeng Environmental Engineering Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Hospital waste; Incineration; Indoor air; Mercury; Municipal solid waste

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; DRY MATTERS; GASEOUS ELEMENTAL MERCURIES; HOSPITAL WASTE; INCINERATION PLANTS; INDOOR AIR; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATIONS; INDOOR DUSTS; LIMITED INFORMATIONS; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY EXPOSURES; MERCURY POLLUTIONS; MERCURY SPECIES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATIONS; OPERATION CENTERS; PARTICULATE MERCURIES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REACTIVE GASEOUS MERCURIES; SOLID WASTE INCINERATION PLANTS; SOLID WASTE TREATMENTS; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DUST; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; GEMS; HOSPITALS; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MERCURY (METAL); REFUSE INCINERATORS; SOLID WASTES;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOSPITAL SECTOR; INCINERATION; INDOOR AIR; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; INCINERATION; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MERCURY; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 61849131694     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.11.079     Document Type: Article

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