Long-term environmental monitoring of persistent organic pollutants and metals in a chemical/petrochemical area: Human health risks

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1769-1777

  Nadal, Martí ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical Petrochemical industries; Micropollutants; Soil; Tarragona County (Spain); Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CURRENT CONCENTRATION; EMISSION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PCDD/FS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; TARRAGONA COUNTY (SPAIN); TEMPORAL TRENDS; URBAN SOILS;

HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PETROCHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

SOIL POLLUTION;

METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; METALS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH;

CATALONIA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

EID: 79956213779     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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