An assessment of dioxin contamination from the intermittent operation of a municipal waste incinerator in Japan and associated remediation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2070-2080

  Takeda, Nobuo ^a   Takaoka, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Incineration; Pollution; Soil; Waste; Wet scrubber

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; OSAKA [KINKI];

EID: 84875518855     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1412-0     Document Type: Article

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