Modeling human exposures to air pollution control (APC) residues released from landfills in England and Wales

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 500-509

  Macleod, Christopher ^a   Duarte Davidson, Raquel ^b   Fisher, Bernard ^c   Ng, Betty ^c   Willey, David ^c   Shi, Ji Ping ^c   Martin, Ian ^c   Drew, Gillian ^d   Pollard, Simon ^d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution control residues; Air quality impact; Health; Landfill; Risk

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH; LAND FILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISKS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL RESIDUES; AIR QUALITY IMPACT; INHALATION RISKS; TOLERABLE DAILY SOIL INTAKE (TDSI);

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LANDFILL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LANDFILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646858814     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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