title: Flow analysis of PCDD/Fs for Tarragona Province, Spain. A preliminary inventory.
abstract: The present study was intended to establish an inventory of PCDD/F emissions in Tarragona Province (Catalonia, NE Spain), as a preliminary phase in the development of a flow analysis of PCDD/Fs in this Province. In 1999, global PCDD/F emissions reached a value of 2.24 g I-TEQ/y, which means a density of 3.8 micrograms I-TEQ/inhabitant/y. The low amount of PCDD/Fs emitted to air by the only municipal solid waste incinerator in the Province (approximately 0.04% of the total) has been one of the most notable results. As a reflection of uncertainties in the estimates for individual sources, the 90th percentiles of PCDD/F releases for 1999 ranged up to 4.1 g I-TEQ/y.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Toxicology and Environmental Health, School of Medicine, Rovira i Virgili University, San Lorenzo 21, 43201 Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fuster
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schuhmacher
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Domingo
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000465:Algorithms; D001572:Benzofurans / Q000032:analysis*; D017745:Incineration; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000032:analysis*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D001572:Benzofurans; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins