A methodology to integrate site characterization information into groundwater-driven health risk assessment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2841-2855

  Maxwell, Reed M ^a,c   Kastenberg, William E ^b   Rubin, Yoram ^a  

^a UC Berkeley   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; HEALTH RISK; METHODOLOGY; SITE INVESTIGATION; WATER QUALITY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; CONTAMINATED SITES; DECISION FRAMEWORK; GROUNDWATER SOURCES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; NESTED MONTE-CARLO; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0032874985     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900103     Document Type: Article

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