Health cancer risk assessment for arsenic exposure in potentially contaminated areas by fertilizer plants: A possible regulatory approach applied to a case study in Moscow Region-Russia

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-33

  Zakharova, Tatiana ^a   Tatàno, Fabio ^b   Menshikov, Valery ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Contaminant indicator; Contaminated area; Exposure pathway; Fertilizer plant; Hazard index; Individual excess cancer risk; Phosphogypsum; Regulatory approach; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM SULFATE; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; INGESTION; ITALY; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY;

PHOSPHOGYPSUM;

EID: 0036979818     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.2002.1561     Document Type: Article

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