Risk assessment applied to air emissions from a medium-sized Italian MSW incinerator

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 48-56

  Morselli, Luciano ^a   Passarini, Fabrizio ^a   Piccari, Laura ^a   Vassura, Ivano ^a   Bernardi, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

geographical information system; heavy metals; Human health; incineration; multipathway risk assessment; organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEAVY METALS; INCINERATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK PERCEPTION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; HUMAN HEALTH; INDIVIDUAL RISKS; NORTHERN ITALY; WASTE TREATMENT PLANT;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZO[A]PYRENE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METAL; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; DOSE RESPONSE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INCINERATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZO(A)PYRENE; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INCINERATION; ITALY; METALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84857097199     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10380115     Document Type: Article

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