Health risk assessment of BTEX emissions in the landfill environment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 176, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 870-877

  Durmusoglu, Ertan ^a   Taspinar, Fatih ^a   Karademir, Aykan ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BTEX; Health risk assessment; Landfill gas; Municipal solid wastes; VOCs

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE RISK LEVELS; ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AIR DILUTION; BENZENE , TOLUENE , ETHYLBENZENE , AND XYLENES; BTEX COMPOUNDS; BTEX EMISSION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC RISK; EPA METHOD; LANDFILL ENVIRONMENT; LANDFILL GAS; LANDFILL SITE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; O-XYLENE; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ETHYLBENZENE; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LAND FILL; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TOLUENE; WASTE DISPOSAL; XYLENE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BTEX; CARCINOGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LANDFILL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 74849106042     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.11.117     Document Type: Article

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