Estimating risk assessment exposure point concentrations when the data are not normal or lognormal

Risk Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-584

  Schulz, Terry W ^a   Griffin, Susan ^b  

^a USEPA Region 8 ^*  (United States)

^b USEPA Region 8   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Exposure point concentration; Gamma distribution; Lognormal; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CHEBYSHEV APPROXIMATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH RISKS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC RISKS; SOILS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT EXPOSURE POINT CONCENTRATION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GOVERNMENT; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EVALUATION STUDIES; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; PROBABILITY THEORY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033177986     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007021217080     Document Type: Article

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