Long-time monitoring of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans over a decade in the ambient air of Porto, Portugal

Chemosphere

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 207-213

  Coutinho, M ^a   Albuquerque, M ^a   Silva, A P ^a   Rodrigues, J ^a   Borrego, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ambient air concentrations; Fingerprinting; Monitoring; PCDD PCDF

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMBIENT AIR CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT; FINGERPRINTING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); PCDD/PCDFS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; TOXIC EQUIVALENTS TEQ;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AIR POLLUTANT; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; SOLID WASTE;

AMBIENT AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIBENZOFURAN; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING; SUBURBAN AREA; TOXICITY TEST; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; MASS; PORTUGAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SOLID WASTE; URBANIZATION;

PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PORTUGAL; SEASONS; SOLID WASTE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84947457806     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.07.052     Document Type: Article

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