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Diana M. Cocârţă
University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Faculty of Power Engineering, Department of Energy Production and Use, RO-060042 Bucharest, Romania

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Research article
Published: 04 August 2021 in MATEC Web of Conferences
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Airborne biological particles are made by bacteria, viruses, fungi, pollen, dust mites and other living organisms. Between the airborne biological contaminants, the sampling of airborne viruses is the most difficult. This technical challenge has real consequences both in limiting the studies on the aerobiology of viral diseases, and in making possible, at least for now, to establish Standards for Acceptable Bioaerosol Exposure Limits in case of viruses. The circumstances and uncertainties in which we are living from the end of 2019, have demonstrated once again, the need of having common approaches in sampling, processing, and analysis of bioaerosol samples. Results from sampling indoor airborne viruses can be used both for identifying the airborne transmission of the respiratory viruses and for providing useful information as support in human health risk assessments. On the other hand, even if there are different sampling methods and equipment used for collecting bioaerosols, there are certain elements that must be considered in choosing the most appropriate sampling method to collect airborne viruses. The main challenge in sampling indoor airborne viruses is to identify the system that allows the sampling of bioaerosols ensuring in the same time the viability of the virus and the representativeness of the sample. Keeping in mind the lack of standardization in sampling indoor airborne viruses, as well as the missing of common approaches for air sampling strategies or sample treatment and analysis, the present work is focused on providing important recommendations as support in the concentrated effort of the researchers in developing of a common strategy for indoor viable bioaerosol sampling for virus detection.

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Diana M. Cocârţă; Cristina A. Gogoncea; Constantin Streche. An important challenge in occupational health: sampling indoor airborne viruses. MATEC Web of Conferences 2021, 343, 10022 .

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Diana M. Cocârţă, Cristina A. Gogoncea, Constantin Streche. An important challenge in occupational health: sampling indoor airborne viruses. MATEC Web of Conferences. 2021; 343 ():10022.

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Diana M. Cocârţă; Cristina A. Gogoncea; Constantin Streche. 2021. "An important challenge in occupational health: sampling indoor airborne viruses." MATEC Web of Conferences 343, no. : 10022.

Journal article
Published: 10 June 2018 in Sustainability
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This paper presents experimental results regarding anaerobic co-digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste and fruit and vegetable waste in order to establish the efficiency of a 2 m3 volume pilot plant in terms of biogas and methane yield and stability of the process. The research study presents the feasibility of developing anaerobic digestion as an effective method for municipal solid waste management. The experiments were conducted in mesophilic conditions (35 °C). Domestic waste water was used as inoculum. The results showed that the inoculum presence, temperature, and pH control, were essential in order to improve biogas production and its composition. Using liquid inoculum, the CH4 percentage in the biogas oscillated between 44% and 51%, and the biogas production from 0.504 and 0.6 m3/day. Compared to domestic waste water, animal manure increased the CH4 concentration in biogas (up to 63%), while the daily biogas production increased by 26% and varied from 0.693 to 0.786 m3. The cumulative biogas production at the end of the experiments were 11.7 m3 and 15.89 m3, respectively. Using inoculum and co-digestion, the plant startup time was significantly reduced, the total solids content decreased from 22.7% to 19.8%, while the volatile solids decreased from 37.6% to 31.2%.

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Constantin Stan; Gerardo Collaguazo; Constantin Streche; Tiberiu Apostol; Diana Cocarta. Pilot-Scale Anaerobic Co-Digestion of the OFMSW: Improving Biogas Production and Startup. Sustainability 2018, 10, 1939 .

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Constantin Stan, Gerardo Collaguazo, Constantin Streche, Tiberiu Apostol, Diana Cocarta. Pilot-Scale Anaerobic Co-Digestion of the OFMSW: Improving Biogas Production and Startup. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (6):1939.

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Constantin Stan; Gerardo Collaguazo; Constantin Streche; Tiberiu Apostol; Diana Cocarta. 2018. "Pilot-Scale Anaerobic Co-Digestion of the OFMSW: Improving Biogas Production and Startup." Sustainability 10, no. 6: 1939.

Journal article
Published: 03 August 2017 in Sustainability
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Soils contaminated with toxic and persistent pollutants pose different and serious hazards to the environment and human health. Multidisciplinary procedures that are considering models for the prediction of risk for long-term exposure are needed. The present paper illustrates the operating mode and utility of an environmental software able toe0) integrates the dose-response modeling as a major part of hazard characterization in order to assess the quantitative risk from carcinogens. In this way, risk assessment is used as a method for the investigation of contaminated sites. The method is demonstrated on a Romanian field site, contaminated with petroleum products. For the assessment of human health risks from oil-contaminated sites, the contaminants of concern are considered as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MAHs), and heavy metals, chemicals known as human carcinogens. Quantitative risk calculations revealed an individual risk of 1.07 × 10−5 for children and 6.89 × 10−6 for adults. The paper represents a utility example of an environmental software solution that could be considered by decision-making factors in approving certain projects. The software tool is helpful for protecting the environment and human health.

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Diana Mariana Cocârţă; Mihaela Alexandra Stoian; Aykan Karademir. Crude Oil Contaminated Sites: Evaluation by Using Risk Assessment Approach. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1365 .

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Diana Mariana Cocârţă, Mihaela Alexandra Stoian, Aykan Karademir. Crude Oil Contaminated Sites: Evaluation by Using Risk Assessment Approach. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (8):1365.

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Diana Mariana Cocârţă; Mihaela Alexandra Stoian; Aykan Karademir. 2017. "Crude Oil Contaminated Sites: Evaluation by Using Risk Assessment Approach." Sustainability 9, no. 8: 1365.

Proceedings article
Published: 20 June 2017 in 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2017, Energy and Clean Technologies
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Diana Maria Cocarta. EX-SITU REMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOIL BY PYROLYSIS PROCESS. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2017, Energy and Clean Technologies 2017, 1 .

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Diana Maria Cocarta. EX-SITU REMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOIL BY PYROLYSIS PROCESS. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2017, Energy and Clean Technologies. 2017; ():1.

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Diana Maria Cocarta. 2017. "EX-SITU REMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM-CONTAMINATED SOIL BY PYROLYSIS PROCESS." 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM2017, Energy and Clean Technologies , no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 12 April 2017 in Sustainability
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One of the applied methods for environmental impact assessment is the index of global pollution (IGP) proposed by Rojanschi in 1991. This methodology enables the global estimation for the ecosystem state affected more or less by human activities. Unfortunately, Rojanschi’s method has a limitation; it can be applied only if at least three environmental components are considered. Frequently, many environmental impact assessment applications rely on analysis of only two environmental components. Therefore, this work aimed to develop a new graphical method to extend Rojanschi’s approach for the case of two environmental components. The proposed method avoids the average value of evaluation grades and uses only the graphical correspondence for calculation of the index of global pollution. A right-angle triangle graph methodology was proposed, where bases represented the values of evaluation grades. Thus, for the case of two environmental components, the index of global pollution was calculated as the relation between the ideal and real ecosystem states represented by the ratio between areas of external and enclosed right triangles. The developed graphical method was tested and validated for real case studies: the environmental impact assessment from a refinery located on the Romanian Black Sea Coast considering Air and Water environmental components and from a coal-fired thermoelectric power plant from Eastern Romania regarding Air and Soil environmental components. In this way, it was provided a reliable and faster tool to be used for the pollution characterization of human-derived chemicals for better decisions in risk management.

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Corneliu Cojocaru; Diana Mariana Cocârţă; Irina Aura Istrate; Igor Creţescu. Graphical Methodology of Global Pollution Index for the Environmental Impact Assessment Using Two Environmental Components. Sustainability 2017, 9, 593 .

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Corneliu Cojocaru, Diana Mariana Cocârţă, Irina Aura Istrate, Igor Creţescu. Graphical Methodology of Global Pollution Index for the Environmental Impact Assessment Using Two Environmental Components. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (4):593.

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Corneliu Cojocaru; Diana Mariana Cocârţă; Irina Aura Istrate; Igor Creţescu. 2017. "Graphical Methodology of Global Pollution Index for the Environmental Impact Assessment Using Two Environmental Components." Sustainability 9, no. 4: 593.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
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Diana Mariana Cocarta; Viorica Ruxandu Subtirelu; Adrian Badea. EFFECT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE APPLICATION ON WHEAT CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN SOIL AND WHEAT GRAIN. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 2017, 16, 1093 -1100.

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Diana Mariana Cocarta, Viorica Ruxandu Subtirelu, Adrian Badea. EFFECT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE APPLICATION ON WHEAT CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN SOIL AND WHEAT GRAIN. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. 2017; 16 (5):1093-1100.

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Diana Mariana Cocarta; Viorica Ruxandu Subtirelu; Adrian Badea. 2017. "EFFECT OF SEWAGE SLUDGE APPLICATION ON WHEAT CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND HEAVY METAL ACCUMULATION IN SOIL AND WHEAT GRAIN." Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 16, no. 5: 1093-1100.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2017 in Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
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Gabriela Elena Dumitran; Mihaela Amalia Diminescu; Anca Marina Marinov; Diana Mariana Cocarta; Liana Ioana Vuta. EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY STUDIES ON CAPILLARY FRINGE BEHAVIOR. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 2017, 16, 581 -586.

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Gabriela Elena Dumitran, Mihaela Amalia Diminescu, Anca Marina Marinov, Diana Mariana Cocarta, Liana Ioana Vuta. EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY STUDIES ON CAPILLARY FRINGE BEHAVIOR. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. 2017; 16 (3):581-586.

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Gabriela Elena Dumitran; Mihaela Amalia Diminescu; Anca Marina Marinov; Diana Mariana Cocarta; Liana Ioana Vuta. 2017. "EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY STUDIES ON CAPILLARY FRINGE BEHAVIOR." Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 16, no. 3: 581-586.

Journal article
Published: 03 June 2016 in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
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Human activities have progressively increased in recent years. Consequently, significant environment deterioration resulted. Soils have a particularly varied vulnerability to heavy metal pollution, especially in the vicinity of industrial areas. Heavy metal contamination of soil may induce risks and hazards to humans and the ecosystem, while toxic metals in soil can severely inhibit the biodegradation of organic contaminants. This paper is focused on human health risk assessment from extremely contaminated soil with heavy metals, mainly with carcinogenic elements. The study refers to an agricultural area in the vicinity of an old metallurgical processing industrial facility. The contaminants evaluated in the present paper are beryllium (Be), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and lead (Pb). Contamination level is pointed out through laboratory analysis results of soil samples taken from 0–0.2 m, 0.2–0.4 m soil layers and up to 2.1 m soil depth. Some heavy metal concentrations (Cd, Cr and Pb) exceed the intervention thresholds for sensitive areas, as they are stipulated in the national regulation in Romania. The identified average concentration levels of Cd, CrVI and Pb in the first layer of the investigated land are 23.83, 7.71 and 704.22 mg/kgd.w, respectively. The results show that the potential risk of human health is relevant (higher than the acceptable one after World Health Organization) and a possible solution for the remediation should become a major concern for the investigated area.

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D. M. Cocârţă; S. Neamţu; A. M. Reşetar Deac. Carcinogenic risk evaluation for human health risk assessment from soils contaminated with heavy metals. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2016, 13, 2025 -2036.

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D. M. Cocârţă, S. Neamţu, A. M. Reşetar Deac. Carcinogenic risk evaluation for human health risk assessment from soils contaminated with heavy metals. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 2016; 13 (8):2025-2036.

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D. M. Cocârţă; S. Neamţu; A. M. Reşetar Deac. 2016. "Carcinogenic risk evaluation for human health risk assessment from soils contaminated with heavy metals." International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 13, no. 8: 2025-2036.

Conference paper
Published: 23 April 2013 in E3S Web of Conferences
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D. M. Cocârţă; R. N. Dinu; C. Dumitrescu; A.M. Reşetar-Deac; V. Tanasiev. Risk-Based Approach for Thermal Treatment of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals. E3S Web of Conferences 2013, 1, 01005 .

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D. M. Cocârţă, R. N. Dinu, C. Dumitrescu, A.M. Reşetar-Deac, V. Tanasiev. Risk-Based Approach for Thermal Treatment of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals. E3S Web of Conferences. 2013; 1 ():01005.

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D. M. Cocârţă; R. N. Dinu; C. Dumitrescu; A.M. Reşetar-Deac; V. Tanasiev. 2013. "Risk-Based Approach for Thermal Treatment of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals." E3S Web of Conferences 1, no. : 01005.

Conference paper
Published: 23 April 2013 in E3S Web of Conferences
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Cora Gheorghe-Bulmau; D. M. Cocârță; A. M. Reșetar-Deac. Evaluation of Integrated Time-Temperature Effect in Pyrolysis Process of Historically Contaminated Soils with Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb). E3S Web of Conferences 2013, 1, 01002 .

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Cora Gheorghe-Bulmau, D. M. Cocârță, A. M. Reșetar-Deac. Evaluation of Integrated Time-Temperature Effect in Pyrolysis Process of Historically Contaminated Soils with Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb). E3S Web of Conferences. 2013; 1 ():01002.

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Cora Gheorghe-Bulmau; D. M. Cocârță; A. M. Reșetar-Deac. 2013. "Evaluation of Integrated Time-Temperature Effect in Pyrolysis Process of Historically Contaminated Soils with Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb)." E3S Web of Conferences 1, no. : 01002.

Journal article
Published: 22 March 2013 in Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
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This paper investigates the electrochemical treatment of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminated soils. The research was performed within a project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and for the experimental part; artificially contaminated soil with PCB was used. Two reactors of different sizes were used; the smaller designed in a Ph.D. research and the larger in a research project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. Specific voltage, current density, redox potential, time and pH values were considered throughout the tests. The initial PCB concentration in the test soil (3.571 mg/kgdw) exceeds the intervention threshold for sensitive use according to Romanian regulations (1 mg/kgdw). Three different tests were performed: within the first one (T1) the soil was polluted with insulating oil; within the other two tests (T2 and T3) the soil was contaminated with capacitor oil. The initial PCB concentrations within the three tests (as a sum of all PCB concentrations) were: 4.4461 mg/kgdw within T1, and 3.5710 mg/kgdw within both T2 and T3. The study showed that the electrochemical treatment could achieve up to 87 % remediation efficiency for PCB polluted soils. Therefore, this treatment is relevant and a potential solution for the remediation of PCB polluted soils.

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Irina Istrate; Diana Cocarta; Silvia Neamtu; Talida Cirlioru. The Treatment of PCB Polluted Soil—The Approach Based on the Application of Electrochemical Treatment. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 2013, 224, 1 -14.

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Irina Istrate, Diana Cocarta, Silvia Neamtu, Talida Cirlioru. The Treatment of PCB Polluted Soil—The Approach Based on the Application of Electrochemical Treatment. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 2013; 224 (4):1-14.

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Irina Istrate; Diana Cocarta; Silvia Neamtu; Talida Cirlioru. 2013. "The Treatment of PCB Polluted Soil—The Approach Based on the Application of Electrochemical Treatment." Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 224, no. 4: 1-14.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2011 in Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
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Diana M. Cocarta; Adrian Badea; Gianluca Antonacci; Andrea Cemin. TWO CASE STUDIES OF PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 2011, 10, 615 -619.

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Diana M. Cocarta, Adrian Badea, Gianluca Antonacci, Andrea Cemin. TWO CASE STUDIES OF PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. 2011; 10 (5):615-619.

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Diana M. Cocarta; Adrian Badea; Gianluca Antonacci; Andrea Cemin. 2011. "TWO CASE STUDIES OF PARTICULATE MATTER EMISSIONS FROM POWER PLANTS." Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 10, no. 5: 615-619.

Original articles
Published: 06 August 2009 in Environmental Technology
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In agreement with the European Union Directives concerning health risks targets, in the present paper data regarding the health risk from different strategies of waste treatment, in particular concerning dioxin emissions, are presented. Three options are considered for municipal solid waste treatment: incineration (with best available technologies (BATs)), an anaerobic/aerobic treatment and an aerobic treatment before landfilling. The process of biostabilization varies case by case but differences between simplified approaches and BAT solutions have been pointed out. In the paper it is also pointed out how important the local context for the health risk from PCDD/F release is: the height of gas release into the atmosphere, the emitted gas velocity and the temperature of release become the most important parameters (apart from the overall amount released) in areas where the population may be close to the plant or where there is agricultural activity in the proximity. However, all the three solutions give an acceptable risk.

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D.M. Cocarta; E.C. Rada; M. Ragazzi; A. Badea; T. Apostol. A contribution for a correct vision of health impact from municipal solid waste treatments. Environmental Technology 2009, 30, 963 -968.

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D.M. Cocarta, E.C. Rada, M. Ragazzi, A. Badea, T. Apostol. A contribution for a correct vision of health impact from municipal solid waste treatments. Environmental Technology. 2009; 30 (9):963-968.

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D.M. Cocarta; E.C. Rada; M. Ragazzi; A. Badea; T. Apostol. 2009. "A contribution for a correct vision of health impact from municipal solid waste treatments." Environmental Technology 30, no. 9: 963-968.

Conference paper
Published: 30 April 2008 in Environmental Toxicology II
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Contaminated soils turn out to be a serious public health problem. For this reason, in the present work two aspects are illustrated. The first one...

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Diana Mariana Cocarta; I. A. Oprea; M. Ragazzi; G. Andreottola; G. Ziglio; Adrian Badea; T. Apostol. Different technologies for the treatment of PAH contaminated sediments and consequences on human health individual risk. Environmental Toxicology II 2008, 110, 53 -60.

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Diana Mariana Cocarta, I. A. Oprea, M. Ragazzi, G. Andreottola, G. Ziglio, Adrian Badea, T. Apostol. Different technologies for the treatment of PAH contaminated sediments and consequences on human health individual risk. Environmental Toxicology II. 2008; 110 ():53-60.

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Diana Mariana Cocarta; I. A. Oprea; M. Ragazzi; G. Andreottola; G. Ziglio; Adrian Badea; T. Apostol. 2008. "Different technologies for the treatment of PAH contaminated sediments and consequences on human health individual risk." Environmental Toxicology II 110, no. : 53-60.