Ranking the risks of 12 major environmental pollutants that occur in Japan

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 277-284

  Gamo, Masashi ^a,b   Oka, Tosihiro ^b,c   Nakanishi, Junko ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Individual variability; Loss of life expectancy; Non cancer risk; Risk ranking

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BENZENE; CARCINOGENS; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ARSENIC; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIOXIN; FORMALDEHYDE; METHYLMERCURY; RADON; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; METABOLISM; POLLUTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; NEOPLASM; POLLUTANT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0142259256     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00053-5     Document Type: Article

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