Distribution of air and serum PCDD/F levels of electric arc furnaces and secondary aluminum and copper smelters

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 172, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 1351-1356

  Lee, Ching Chang ^b   Shih, Tung Seng ^c,d   Chen, Hsiu Ling ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Copper; EAF; PCDD Fs; Smelter

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; ALUMINUM-COPPER; AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT AIR LEVELS; CONGENER PATTERN; CONGENER PROFILES; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; METALLURGICAL PROCESS; MUNICIPAL WASTE INCINERATORS; ORGANIC CHLORIDES; ORGANIC IMPURITIES; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; SECONDARY ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; BODY FLUIDS; CAVITY RESONATORS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COPPER; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SMELTING; STEEL METALLURGY;

COPPER SMELTING;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ALUMINUM; AMBIENT AIR; COPPER; INCINERATION; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PCDD; SMELTING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FURNACE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SMELTER; TAIWAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TAIWAN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 71749106669     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.148     Document Type: Article

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