Derivation of risk management criteria for chemicals of unknown toxic potency at contaminated sites

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Wilson, R M ^a   Sigal, E A ^b   Bacigalupo, C M ^b   Willes, R F ^b   Munro, I C ^c  

^a Cantox Environmental Inc   (Canada)

^b Cantox Environmental Inc   (Canada)

^c CanTox Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human health risk assessment; Quantitative exposure modeling; Risk based soil criteria; Threshold of regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844521780     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807030091124473     Document Type: Article

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