Transport and dynamics of toxic pollutants in the natural environment and their effect on human health: Research gaps and challenge

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-187

  Hursthouse, Andrew ^a   Kowalczyk, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental fate; Health risk assessment human exposure; PBPK modelling; Pollutant transport

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 61849133420     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9213-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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