A deterministic method for deriving site-specific human health assessment criteria for contaminants in soil

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 389-410

  Nathanail, Paul ^a,b   McCaffrey, Caroline ^a   Earl, Naomi ^c   Foster, Neil D ^a   Gillett, Andrew G ^a   Ogden, Richard ^a  

^a LAND QUALITY MANAGEMENT LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ATKINS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic exposure; Deterministic; Human health risk assessment; Risk management; Site Specific Assessment Criteria; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944372930     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030590925650     Document Type: Article

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