Evaluation of potential health risk of arsenic-affected groundwater using indicator kriging and dose response model

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 384, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 151-162

  Lee, Jin Jing ^a   Jang, Cheng Shin ^b   Wang, Sheng Wei ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dose response; Indicator kriging (IK); Target cancer risk (TR)

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER;

DOSE RESPONSE MODEL; HUMAN HEALTH; INDICATOR KRIGING; LANYANG PLAIN;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

ARSENIC; CANCER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; KRIGING; MORTALITY;

ADULT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; KRIGING; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARSENIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LANYANG PLAIN; TAIWAN;

EID: 34548173249     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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