POP accumulation in the food chain: Integrated risk model for sewage sludge application in agricultural soils

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 577-583

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

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health risks; Multimedia model; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Sensitivity analysis; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHAINS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

2 , 3 , 7 , 8-TCDD; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; EXPOSURE PARAMETERS; MULTIMEDIA MODELING; MULTIMEDIA MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZO[A]PYRENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH RISK; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; GRASS; HUMAN; INHALATION; LETTUCE; MEAT; MILK; MOUTH CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; STEADY STATE; VEGETABLE; VOLATILIZATION;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77953621912     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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