Consideration of background exposures in the management of hazardous waste sites: A new approach to risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 619-625

  Smith, Allan H ^a   Sciortino, Stanley ^a   Goeden, Helen ^a   Wright, Catherine C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic; dioxin; EPA; exposure assessment; risk assessment; risk management; Superfund

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECYCLING; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SITING; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; MANAGEMENT APPROACH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

USA;

HEALTH RISKS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DIOXIN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0030300893     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1996.tb00811.x     Document Type: Review

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