Environmental monitoring of metals, PCDD/Fs and PCBs as a complementary tool of biological surveillance to assess human health risks

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1183-1189

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

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air; Health risk assessment; Metals; Municipal solid waste incinerator; Persistent organic pollutants; Soils

Indexed keywords

AIR; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; METALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WASTE INCINERATION;

BIOMONITORING STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MANGANESE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; ZINC;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCDD; PCDF; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE FACILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SOIL; SPAIN;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77955419420     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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