Monitoring environmental levels of trace elements near a hazardous waste incinerator human health risks after a decade of regular operations

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 1419-1429

  Bordonaba, Jordi Giné ^a   Vilavert, Lolita ^b   Nadal, Martí ^b   Schuhmacher, Marta ^b   Domingo, José L ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Hazardous waste incinerator; Heavy metals; Soil; Tarragona (Catalonia Spain); Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; STRONTIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HERBAGE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VEGETATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INCINERATION; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84155165529     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-011-9128-4     Document Type: Article

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