Application of geostatistics to risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 945-960

  Thayer, William C ^a,b   Griffith, Daniel A ^c   Goodrum, Philip E ^a   Diamond, Gary L ^a   Hassett, James M ^b  

^a SYRACUSE RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Exposure point concentration; Geostatistics; Hazardous waste; Kriging; Preliminary remediation goal

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

GEOSTATISTICS;

POLLUTION;

LEAD;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GEOSTATISTICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE POINT CONCENTRATION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; KRIGING; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT;

EID: 0141705350     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1539-6924.00372     Document Type: Article

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