Health risk map of a petrochemical complex through gis-fuzzy integration of air pollution monitoring data

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 873-891

  Nadal, Martí ^a   Cadiach, Oda ^a   Kuma, Vikas ^b   Poblet, Pere ^c   Mari, Montse ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Generalitat de Catalunya   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fuzzy logic; Gis; Petrochemical area; Risk map; Spain); Tarragona (catalonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960875231     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2011.556941     Document Type: Article

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