Environmental concentrations of fibers with fluoro-edenitic composition and population exposure in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy)

Environmental concentrations of fibers with fluoro-edenitic composition and population exposure in Biancavilla (Sicily, Italy)

INTRODUCTION. The town of Biancavilla (Sicily) was included in the National Priorities List of Contaminated Sites due to environmental dispersion of amphibole fibers owing to the extraction of materials from a local quarry. The present report summarizes results from several, hitherto unpublished, en...

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Main Authors: Biagio Maria Bruni, Maria Eleonora Soggiu, Giovanni Marsili, Antonio Brancato, Marco Inglessis, Lorenzo Palumbo, Augusta Piccardi, Eleonora Beccaloni, Fabrizio Falleni, Simona Mazziotti Tagliani, Antonio Pacella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità 2014-06-01
Series:Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Subjects:
fluoro-edenite
fibrous amphiboles
Biancavilla
population exposure
air fiber concentrations
topsoil fiber concentrations
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-25712014000200003&lng=en&tlng=en

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