Dioxins

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 83-92

  Kulkarni, P S ^a   Crespo, J G ^b   Afonso, C A M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ah receptor; Dioxins; Flue gas; Fly ash; Remediation technologies; Risk assessment; Soil and sediment; Sources of dioxins; Toxic equivalence factor (TEF)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255184318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00409-8     Document Type: Chapter

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