Cleanup levels at an oil distribution and storage station in eastern central Mexico determined from a health risk assessment

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 106-128

  Iturbe, Rosario ^a   Flores, Rosa Ma ^a   Flores, Carlos ^a   Torres, Luis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Health risk assessment; Lead; Metals; ODSS; PAHs; TPHs

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; METALS; OIL TANKS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; ODSS; OIL STORAGE; TPHS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

BENZENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; ETHYLBENZENE; FUEL; LEAD; METAL; OIL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOLUENE; VANADIUM; XYLENE;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; METAL; OIL POLLUTION; PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; MEXICO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646231729     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2006.009101     Document Type: Article

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