Ecology and health in risk analysis of polluted soils

WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health

Volumn 14, Issue , 2009, Pages 257-268

  Hernandez A J ^a   Gutierrez Gines M J ^a,b   Pastor, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b CCMA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abandoned mines; Ecotoxicology; Heavy metals; Old landfills

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION PROCESS; CENTRAL SPAIN; DEGRADED ECOSYSTEMS; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; DUAL PROBLEM; ECO-TOXICOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; INTERACTING PROCESS; NATIVE PLANTS; OLD LANDFILLS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; PLANT BIOLOGY; PLANT SPECIES; POLLUTED SOILS; POLLUTION PROCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCIENTIFIC TOOL; SOIL SEED BANK; SOLID WASTE LANDFILL; STOCHASTIC PROCESS; TOXIC EFFECT; TROPHIC NETWORK;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; LAND FILL; METAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINES; MINING; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ABANDONED MINES;

EID: 72249121019     PISSN: 17433525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/EHR090251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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