Health risk assessment for toxic emissions from a manufacturing facility

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-228

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Madasu, Ravindranath ^a   Manocha, Ajay ^a  

^a The University of Toledo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHROMIUM; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; SELENIUM; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER MODEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CANCER EFFECTS; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; NON-CANCER EFFECTS; TOXIC CHEMICALS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BENZENE; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; FORMALDEHYDE; GASOLINE; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

HEALTH RISKS;

AIR QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; MANUFACTURING; POLLUTION CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXIC EMISSIONS;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029659946     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00414369     Document Type: Article

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