Comparing deterministic and probabilistic risk assessments: A case study at a closed steel mill in southern Sweden

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-61

  Sander, Per ^a   Öberg, Tomas ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Contaminated soils; Drinking water; Exposure assessments; Monte Carlo simulation; Multimedia models; Probabilistic risk assessments; Sensitivity analysis; Steel mills; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS;

EID: 33644837652     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/jss2005.10.147     Document Type: Article

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