Health risks associated with municipal waste combustion on the example of Laskowa commune (Southern Poland)

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 2087-2096

  Kicińska, Alicja ^a   Mamak, Magdalena ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

fly ashes; heavy metals; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029424305     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2017.1364131     Document Type: Article

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