Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran concentrations in serum samples of workers at an infectious waste incineration plant in Japan

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Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofuran concentrations in serum samples of workers at an infectious waste incineration plant in Japan / Shinji Kumagai and Shigeki Koda

In 1998-2000, concentrations of summed polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in the exhaust gas of an infectious waste incineration plant were 17-510 ng toxic equivalent (TEQ)-m3, which reached levels above the Japanese legal limit value of 80 ng TEQ-m3

En: Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene. - Cincinnati, Ohio : American Industrial Hygiene Association : American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists. - Vol. 2, nº 2, January 2005 ; p. 120-125

1. Dioxinas . 2. PCDD . 3. PCDF . 4. Riesgo laboral . 5. Enfermedades profesionales . 6. Contaminantes químicos . 7. Residuos . 8. Japón . 9. Higiene industrial . 10. Toxicología . 11. Incineradores . I. Koda, Shigeki . II. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists . III. Título.