Generic Assessment Criteria for human health risk assessment of potentially contaminated land in China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-339

  Cheng, Yuanyuan ^a   Nathanail, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contaminated land in China; Generic assessment criteria; Human health risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA; CONTAMINANT SOURCES; CONTAMINATED LANDS; CONTAMINATED SITES; CULTIVATED LANDS; DERMAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INPUT VALUES; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; PLANT UPTAKE; RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH; SITE-SPECIFIC CRITERIA; WORKING PATTERNS;

CONTAMINATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; LAND USE; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC; BENZENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ETHYLBENZENE; MERCURY; NAPHTHALENE; NICKEL; PARA XYLENE; PHENOL; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ALGORITHM; CONTAMINATED LAND; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTIVATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA;

ALGORITHMS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 71749115300     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.021     Document Type: Article

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