The impact measure of solid waste management on health: the hazard index

• Main Authors: Loredana Musmeci (Author), Mirella Bellino (Author), Maria Rita Cicero (Author), Fabrizio Falleni (Author), Augusta Piccardi (Author), Stefania Trinca (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The risk associated with waste exposure depends on the level of emissions arising from waste disposal and from the effects of these emissions on human health (dose-reponse). In 2007 an epidemiological study was conducted in two Italian provinces of the Campania Region, namely Naples and Caserta, wit...