Introducing a method of human health risk evaluation for planning and soil quality management of heavy metal-polluted soils-An example from Grugliasco (Italy)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 88, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 64-72

  Poggio, Laura ^a   Vrščaj, Borut ^b   Hepperle, Erwin ^a   Schulin, Rainer ^a   Marsan, Franco Ajmone ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^c DiVaPRA Chimica Agraria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health risk; Heavy metals; Land management; Land use; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; LAND USE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

GOVERNMENTAL INSTITUTION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTED SOILS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; POTENTIAL TRANSFER; STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE; URBAN SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; URBAN PLANNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GRUGLIASCO; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TORINO [PIEDMONT];

EID: 54249159095     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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