Screening level assessment of risks associated with dietary exposure to selected heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and radionuclides in Kuwait

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1075-1087

  Husain, Adnan ^a   Sawaya, Wajih ^a   Al Sayegh, Ali ^a   Al Amiri, Hanan ^a   Al Sager, Jameela ^a   Al Sharrah, Tahani ^a   Al Kandari, Rabaa ^a   Al Foudari, Mohammed ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Market basket; Monte Carlo simulation technique; WHO's standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038717474     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713610024     Document Type: Article

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