Options for management of municipal solid waste in New York City: A preliminary comparison of health risks and policy implications

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Moy, Pearl ^a   Krishnan, Nikhil ^b   Ulloa, Priscilla ^b   Cohen, Steven ^c   Brandt Rauf, Paul W ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Health risk assessment; Landfill disposal; Municipal solid waste; Waste to energy incineration

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISKS; LAND FILL; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TRUCKS; WASTE TREATMENT;

BROOKLYN; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENTS; LANDFILL DISPOSAL; LANDFILLING; NEW YORK CITY; PENNSYLVANIA; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; WASTE TO ENERGY; WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS; WASTE-TO-ENERGY INCINERATION;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LANDFILL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38549178947     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.01.032     Document Type: Article

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