Application of self-organizing maps for PCDD/F pattern recognition of environmental and biological samples to evaluate the impact of a hazardous waste incinerator

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3162-3168

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

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; BREAST MILK; CONGENER PROFILES; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; KOHONEN'S SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; STACK EMISSIONS; VISUAL EXAMINATION;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REFUSE INCINERATORS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BLOOD; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INCINERATION; MILK; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HERBAGE; PLASMA; SAMPLE; SOIL; SPAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT;

BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

SPAIN;

EID: 77950950443     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1000165     Document Type: Article

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