Analysis and reduction of the uncertainty of the assessment of children's lead exposure around an old mine

Environmental Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-158

  Glorennec, Philippe ^a  

^a Ecole Nationale de la Sante Publique   (France)

Author keywords

Health risk assessment; Lead bioavailability; Lead exposure; Lead mining; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

CHILD HEALTH; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATION; LEAD POISONING; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL INTAKE; WATER SAMPLING;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 31544438542     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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