Sinks as limited resources? A new indicator for evaluating anthropogenic material flows

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 596-609

  Kral, Ulrich ^a   Brunner, Paul H ^a   Chen, Pi Cheng ^b   Chen, Sih Rong ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Copper; Environmental management; Lead; PFOS; Resource management; Sink; Substance flow analysis

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; LIMITED CAPACITY; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFOS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SINK; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COPPER; GEOGENIC SOURCE; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AUSTRIA; SWITZERLAND; VIENNA;

EID: 84906516238     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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