Intake fraction for multimedia pollutants: A tool for life cycle analysis and comparative risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 905-918

  Bennett, Deborah H ^a   Margni, Manuele D ^b   McKone, Thomas E ^c,d   Jolliet, Olivier ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative risk assessment; Exposure; Intake fraction; Life cycle analysis; Multimedia modeling

Indexed keywords

INTAKE FRACTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036772911     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00260     Document Type: Review

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