Retrospective exposure assessment with emission inventories: A new approach to an old problem

Environmetrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 505-518

  Argo, James ^a,b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b IntrAmericas Ctr Environ Hlth I   (Canada)

Author keywords

B a P; Cancer; Exposure Index; Pulp; RASH; Retrospective exposure

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0031659272     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-095X(199809/10)9:5<505::AID-ENV319>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Conference Paper

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