Determination of odorous VOCs and the risk of occupational exposure to airborne compounds at the waste water treatment plants

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2183-2192

  Lehtinen, J ^a   Veijanen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Occupational hygiene; Odour; VOC; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

1 ,2-DICHLOROETHANES; 4-METHYLPHENOL; FINNISH; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS; OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE; ODOROUS COMPOUNDS; RISK LEVELS; SLUDGE DEWATERING;

ALDEHYDES; DEWATERING; METHANE; ODOR REMOVAL; SEWAGE; STYRENE; SULFUR; TOLUENE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

1 (METHYLTHIO)PROPANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 3 CARENE; ACETIC ACID; ALDEHYDE; BUTYRIC ACID; CAMPHENE; CHLOROFORM; DECANE; DIMETHYL DISULFIDE; DIMETHYL SULFIDE; DIMETHYL TRISULPHIDE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEPTYL ALDEHYDE; LIMONENE; META XYLENE; METHANETHIOL; NONANAL; OCTANAL; PARA CRESOL; PARA XYLENE; PINENE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEWATERING; HEALTH RISK; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYGIENE; INDOOR AIR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODOR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLUDGE; SULFUR COMPOUND; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SNIFFING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

FINLAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 79958746679     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.372     Document Type: Article

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