Model selection and evaluation for risk assessment of dioxin-contaminated sites

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 458-466

  Wiberg, Karin ^a   Åberg, Annika ^b   McKone, Thomas E ^c   Tysklind, Mats ^a   Hanberg, Annika ^d   MacLeod, Matt ^e  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Geo Innova AB   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DIOXIN; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUROPEAN UNION; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BENZOFURANS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 36148952931     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[458:MSAEFR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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42. This project was financed through the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, contract numbers E-92-05 and E-5-06 (Hällbar Sanering) and MCN, contract number 304-12993-2005. T. McKone was supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency through Interagency Agreement DW-89-93058201-1 with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through the US Department of Energy under Contract Grant No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.