Emergency planning and the Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH/Seveso II) Directive: An approach to determine the public safety zone for toxic cloud releases

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 355-365

  O'Mahony, Mary T ^a   Doolan, Donal ^b   O'Sullivan, Alice ^b   Hession, Michael ^b  

^a Sarsfield House ^*  (Ireland)

^b Forward Planning and Strategic Development   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AEGL; Emergency planning; Exposure limit; Major hazards; Seveso directive

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR QUALITY; STANDARDS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

EMERGENCY PLANNING; EXPOSURE LIMIT; SEVESO DIRECTIVE;

HAZARDS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR QUALITY; HAZARDS; STANDARDS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; THERMAL POLLUTION;

ACCIDENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 43049146566     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.10.065     Document Type: Article

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