caa a22 4500 46911195X CHVBK 20180323133113.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02034889 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02034889 Atmospheric toxic metal contributions from hospital incinerators [Elektronische Daten] [M. Ko, R. Jervis] Air particulate samples taken downwind of two Toronto hospital incinerators analyzed by neutron activation analysis (INAA) and proton-induced X-ray emission analysis (PIXE) were subjected to factor analysis and chemical element balance to identify various emission sources and their contributions to the amibient aerosols. Hospital incinerators, contributing 22-36% to the ambient aerosols, were the major anthropogenic source at the receptor sites studied. Elevated concentrations of Ag, Cd, Cl, Cr, Sb and Zn were found in the hospital incinerator ash samples. Studies of the elemental concentrations of disposable hospital plastics and their fates during combustion indicate that these toxic elements found in the hospital waste and stack emissions are partly attributable to the extensive use of plastics in hospitals. Akadémiai Kiadó, 1992 Ko M. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 1A4, Toronto, Canada aut Jervis R. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 1A4, Toronto, Canada aut Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Kluwer Academic Publishers 161/1(1992-08-01), 159-170 0236-5731 161:1<159 1992 161 10967 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034889 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034889 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ko M. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 1A4, Toronto, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jervis R. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, M5S 1A4, Toronto, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Kluwer Academic Publishers 161/1(1992-08-01), 159-170 0236-5731 161:1<159 1992 161 10967 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer