Human health risk assessment case study: An abandoned metal smelter site in Poland

Chemosphere

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 507-515

  Wcislo, Eleonora ^a   Ioven, Dawn ^b   Kucharski, Rafal ^a   Szdzuj, Jerzy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS   (Poland)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownfields; Heavy metals; Human health risk assessment; Redevelopment abandoned industrial site; Risk based concentrations

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTING; WASTES;

CARCINOGENIC RISKS;

HEALTH;

CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LAND USE; POLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTER; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS, HEAVY; POLAND; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ZINC;

POLAND;

EID: 0036588398     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(01)00301-0     Document Type: Article

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