Baseline levels of bioaerosols and volatile organic compounds around a municipal waste incinerator prior to the construction of a mechanical-biological treatment plant

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2454-2461

  Vilavert, Lolita ^a   Nadal, Martí ^a   Inza, Isabel ^a   Figueras, María J ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOAEROSOLS; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CATALONIA , SPAIN; CURRENT CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMAN HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL ZONES; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATORS; OUTDOOR AIR; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; FUNGI; HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SOLID WASTES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

BACTERIA;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; BASELINE CONDITIONS; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

AEROSOLS; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTANTS; BACTERIA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FUNGI; INCINERATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REFERENCE VALUES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 67650264449     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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