Assessment of inhalation exposures and potential health risks to the general population that resulted from the collapse of the world trade center towers

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1203-1221

  Lorber, Matthew ^a   Gibb, Herman ^b   Grant, Lester ^a   Pinto, Joseph ^a   Pleil, Joachim ^a   Cleverly, David ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Sciences International   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhalation exposure; Risk assessment; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOWERS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INHALATION EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER (PM); WORLD TRADE CENTER (WTC);

HEALTH RISKS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ASBESTOS; DIOXIN; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SILICON DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COLLAPSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

AIR MONITOR; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ASBESTOS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FURANS; HUMANS; INHALATION; METALS, HEAVY; NEW YORK CITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VOLATILIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36849063242     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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