Human exposure and health risk of α-, β-, γ- And δ-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCHs) in Tianjin, China

Chemosphere

Volumn 60, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 753-761

  Yang, Y ^a   Tao, S ^a,b   Wong, P K ^c   Hu, J Y ^a   Guo, M ^a   Cao, H Y ^a   Coveney Jr , R M ^b   Zuo, Q ^a   Li, B G ^a   Liu, W X ^a   Cao, J ^a   Xu, F L ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Cancer risk; Exposure; HCHs; Loss of life expectancy (LLE)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; TUMORS;

DYNAMIC EXPOSURE; FUGACITY MODEL; INGESTION; MULTIMEDIA EXPOSURE MODEL;

HEALTH RISKS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE;

HCH;

BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 20744460088     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.04.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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