Monitoring temporal trends in environmental levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans: Results from a 10-year surveillance program of a hazardous waste incinerator

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-531

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

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; RAIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

CARCINOGEN; FIELD SURVEY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; INCINERATION; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION MONITORING; SAMPLING; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HERBAGE; INCINERATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; STATISTICS;

CATALONIA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 78049512301     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9523-4     Document Type: Article

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