The role of a steel plant in north-west Italy to the local air concentrations of PCDD/Fs

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 708-717

  Onofrio, Maurizio ^a   Spataro, Roberta ^a   Botta, Serena ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air dispersion model; Air monitoring; PCA; PCDD Fs; Steel plant emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMBUSTION; DISPERSIONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; STEELMAKING;

AIR DISPERSION MODEL; AIR MONITORING; COMBUSTION PRO-CESS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PCDD/FS; PLANT EMISSIONS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MAGNITUDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANOCHLORINE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; STEEL;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION;

ITALY;

EID: 78650725423     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.095     Document Type: Article

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