Assessment of human health and ecological risks posed by the uses of steel-industry slags in the environment

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 681-711

  Proctor, Deborah M ^a   Shay, Erin C ^b   Fehling, Kurt A ^a   Finley, Brent L ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Environmental health risk assessment; Metals; Steel slag; Stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 22344435318     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030290879907     Document Type: Review

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