Assessing health risk from benzene pollution in an urban area

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 135-148

  Carletti, Roberto ^a   Romano, Daniela ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b ANPA Natl Agy Environ Protect   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene pollution; Health risk; Leukemia; Population exposure

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

POPULATION EXPOSURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BENZENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; HEALTH RISK; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; URBAN POPULATION;

ITALY;

EID: 0036889409     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020691506835     Document Type: Article

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