Olfactometric approach for the evaluation of citizens' exposure to industrial emissions in the city of Terni, Italy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 595-603

  Capelli, Laura ^a   Sironi, Selena ^a   Del Rosso, Renato ^a   Céntola, Paolo ^a   Rossi, Adriano ^b   Austeri, Caterina ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Regional Environmental Protection Agency (ARPA) Umbria   (Italy)

Author keywords

CALPUFF; Dynamic olfactometry; Odour concentration; Odour dispersion modelling; Odour emission rate

Indexed keywords

CALPUFF; DYNAMIC OLFACTOMETRY; ODOUR CONCENTRATION; ODOUR DISPERSION MODELLING; ODOUR EMISSIONS;

DISPERSIONS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; INDUSTRY; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; ODOR CONTROL; POLES; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOLID WASTES; STEELMAKING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FURNACE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ITALY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; ODOR CONTROL; OLFACTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITALY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ODORS;

ITALY; TERNI; UMBRIA;

EID: 78649848760     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.054     Document Type: Article

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