Concentrations of PCDD/PCDF in soil close to a secondary aluminum smelter

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1719-1724

  Colombo, Andrea ^a   Benfenati, Emilio ^a   Bugatti, Simona Grazia ^a   Celeste, Giorgio ^a   Lodi, Marco ^a   Rotella, Giuseppe ^a   Senese, Vincenzo ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALS; Dioxin; Furans; PCA; Soils

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS;

DIOXIN; FURANS; MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; REFERENCE CONCENTRATION; SECONDARY ALUMINUM SMELTERS; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PCDD; PCDF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMELTING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SMELTER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

ITALY;

EID: 84855801554     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.09.018     Document Type: Article

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