Spatial distributions of arsenic exposure and mining communities from NHEXAS Arizona

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 446-455

  O'Rourke, Mary Kay ^a   Rogan, Séumas P ^a   Jin, Shan ^a   Robertson, Gary L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Exposure assessment; Exposure pathways; GIS; Mining districts; NHEXAS

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE CALCULATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MINING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032720887     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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