Maldives: An archipelago that burns. A first survey of PCDD/Fs and DL-PCBs from human activities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 499-507

  Colombo, Andrea ^a   Bettinetti, Roberta ^b   Strona, Giovanni ^c   Cambria, Felice ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^a   Zubair, Zameer ^d   Galli, Paolo ^b,e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^d Orchidmaage   (Maldives)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maldives; PCA; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURVEYS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MALDIVES; PCA; PCBS; PCDDS; PCDFS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLICY APPROACH; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALDIVES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDIAN OCEAN; POLLUTION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MALDIVES;

BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84906696100     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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