Identifying soil cleanup criteria for dioxins in urban residential soils: How have 20 years of research and risk assessment experience affected the analysis?

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-145

  Paustenbach, Dennis J ^a   Fehling, Kurt ^a   Scott, Paul ^b   Harris, Mark ^c   Kerger, Brent D ^d  

^a CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

^b ChemRisk   (United States)

^c ChemRisk   (United States)

^d Health Science Resource Integration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

BIOASSAY; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY BURDEN; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOME; HUMAN; INGESTION; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CARCINOGENS; CITIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 33646237371     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937400500538482     Document Type: Review

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