Modification of an environmental surveillance program to monitor PCDD/Fs and metals around a municipal solid waste incinerator

Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1343-1352

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

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Metals; Municipal solid waste incinerator; PCDD Fs; Soil; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; CATALONIA , SPAIN; CURRENT CONCENTRATION; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE; FOREST FIRES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METAL LEVELS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; PASSIVE SAMPLING DEVICES; PCDD/FS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; WASTE INCINERATOR;

DEFORESTATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; REFUSE INCINERATORS; SOILS; VEGETATION; WASTE INCINERATION;

METALS;

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; HEAVY METAL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INCINERATION; METALS, HEAVY; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77950951241     PISSN: 10934529     EISSN: 15324117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10934520903213210     Document Type: Article

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