PCDD/Fs in soil around a hospital waste incinerator: Comparison after three years of operation

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 699-703

  Li, Xiaodong ^a   Yan, Mi ^a   Yang, Jie ^a   Chen, Tong ^a   Lu, Shengyong ^a   Yan, Jianhua ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Soil; Variation; Waste incinerator

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN; DRY AND WET DEPOSITIONS; DUST COLLECTION; EARTH SURFACE; FINE PARTICLES; GASPHASE; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH-RESOLUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIES; HOSPITAL WASTES; PCDD/FS; POLLUTANTS EMISSIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); SOIL SAMPLE; STACK EMISSIONS; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY; VARIATION; WASTE INCINERATOR;

FLUE GASES; FLY ASH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GASES; HOSPITALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

DIOXIN; DUST; INCINERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PCDD; PCDF; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WET DEPOSITION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; INCINERATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOMERISM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BENZOFURANS; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; INCINERATION; ISOMERISM; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84859812470     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60752-3     Document Type: Article

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