On the development of a new methodology for groundwaterdriven health risk assessment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 833-847

  Maxwell, Reed M ^a   Pelmulder, Susan D ^b   Tompson, Andrew F B ^c   Kastenberg, William E ^d  

^a UC Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISKS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CONTAMINANT MIGRATION; DETERMINISTIC TRANSPORT; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT; INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; JOINT UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITIES; TWO DIMENSIONAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031920896     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03605     Document Type: Article

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