Assessment of the emission of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs from an industrial area over a nearby town using a selective wind direction sampling device

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 764-769

  Martínez, Karell ^a   Austrui, Joan Rivera ^a   Jover, Eric ^b   Ábalos, Manuela ^a   Rivera, Josep ^a   Abad, Esteban ^a  

^a Mass Spectrometry Laboratory   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambient air; dl PCBs; PCA; PCDD Fs; Selective sampling device; WindSelect+

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; AMBIENT AIR LEVELS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION OF; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; DIRECT LINKS; DL-PCBS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL ESTATE; LOCAL SOURCE; PCDD/FS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN AND DIBENZOFURAN; SAMPLE PROFILES; SAMPLING DEVICES; SELECTIVE SAMPLING; TARGET COMPOUND; WIND DIRECTIONS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DIOXIN; EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 74349093635     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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