Cancer risk assessment of selected hazardous air pollutants in Seattle

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 516-522

  Wu, Chang fu ^a   Wu, Szu ying ^a   Wu, Yi Hua ^a   Cullen, Alison C ^b   Larson, Timothy V ^c   Williamson, John ^d   Liu, L J Sally ^b,e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air toxics; Bootstrapping; Diesel exhaust; Risk assessment; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; DISEASES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TOXICS; BOOTSTRAPPING; CANCER RISK ASSESSMENTS; DIESEL EXHAUSTS; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOOTSTRAPPING; CANCER; DIESEL; EXHAUST EMISSION; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

NORTH AMERICA; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 61449145528     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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