Exposure to heavy metals and PCDD/Fs by the population living in the vicinity of a hazardous waste landfill in Catalonia, Spain: Health risk assessment

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1034-1039

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

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air; Dioxins and furans; Hazardous waste landfill; Heavy metals; Monte Carlo; Soils

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLY ASH; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; METALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOILS;

CATALONIA (SPAIN); CURRENT CONCENTRATION; DIOXINS AND FURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILLS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATORS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOGEN; HEAVY METAL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PCDD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; LANDFILL; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 68049088739     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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