Risk assessment of exposure to volatile organic compounds in groundwater in Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2165-2174

  Fan, Chihhao ^a   Wang, Gen Shuh ^b   Chen, Yen Chuan ^c   Ko, Chun Han ^b  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Groundwater; Risk assessment; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS; CANCER RISK; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATERS; DERMAL ABSORPTIONS; DRINKING WATERS; EXPOSURE LEVELS; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER SITES; MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTS; PRIMARY WATERS; PUBLIC SAFETIES; QUALITY CRITERION; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TREATMENT PLANTS; VINYL CHLORIDES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER INGESTIONS;

AQUIFERS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HYGIENE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; TAIWAN; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 60349119567     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.015     Document Type: Article

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