Assessing human exposure to benzene at petroleum-contaminated site

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 108-114

  Kindzierski, W B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SHOPPING CENTERS; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PASSIVE AIR SAMPLING;

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

BENZENE; CONTAMINATED LAND; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 0032124440     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(1998)2:3(108)     Document Type: Article

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