Accounting for pH heterogeneity and variability in modelling human health risks from cadmium in contaminated land

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4231-4237

  Gay, J Rebecca ^a   Korre, Anna ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Contaminated land; Geostatistical simulation; Human health; Probabilistic risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION FACTORS; CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTAMINATED AREAS; CONTAMINATED LAND; CONTAMINATED LANDS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOSTATISTICAL ESTIMATION; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN INTAKE; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENTIAL INDICATOR SIMULATIONS; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; SOIL CONTAMINANTS; SOIL PH; SOIL VARIABLES;

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HEALTH; IMPURITIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SIMULATORS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CADMIUM;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATED LAND; GEOSTATISTICS; HEALTH RISK; PH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL PROFILE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; MODEL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 65749087861     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.021     Document Type: Article

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