Human health risk screening due to consumption of fish contaminated with chemical warfare agents in the Baltic Sea

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 416-422

  Sanderson, Hans ^a   Fauser, Patrik ^a   Thomsen, Marianne ^a   Sørensen, Peter B ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arsenicals; Baltic Sea; Bornholm basin; Chemical warfare agents; Human health risk assessment; Yperite

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CIVIL DEFENSE; FISH; HEALTH; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MEATS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; WATER ANALYSIS;

ARSENICALS; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; YPERITE;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSINE; MUSTARD GAS; TRIPHENYLARSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARSENIC; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISHING; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY; WAR; WEAPON;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CHEMICAL WARFARE; CONTAMINATED FISH; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DENMARK; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MUSTARD GAS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BORNHOLM BASIN; NORTH SEA; SKAGERRAK;

EID: 57349167715     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.05.059     Document Type: Article

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