Partial replacement of fossil fuel in a cement plant: Risk assessment for the population living in the neighborhood

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5372-5380

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

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cement plant; Environmental monitoring; Human health risk assessment; Metals; PCDD Fs; PM10

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; BEFORE AND AFTER; CARCINOGENIC RISK; CATALONIA , SPAIN; CONDUCTING TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NEW PROCESS; OPERATIONAL TEST; PARTIAL REPLACEMENT; PARTIAL SUBSTITUTION; PCDD/FS; PM10; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; RESIDUAL MATERIALS;

CEMENT PLANTS; CEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURVEYS;

HEALTH RISKS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; FOSSIL FUEL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; THALLIUM; TIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOSSIL FUEL; HEALTH RISK; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PCDD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HERBAGE; POLICY; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

BENZOFURANS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; HUMANS; METALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77956883157     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.060     Document Type: Article

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