Assessment of human health risks posed by consumption of fish from the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-224

  Urban, J D ^a   Tachovsky, J A ^a   Haws, L C ^a   Wikoff Staskal, D ^a   Harris, M A ^b  

^a ToxStrategies Inc   (United States)

^b ToxStrategies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Deterministic; Dioxins; Fish consumption; Furans; PCBs; Probabilistic; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CONTAMINATED SEDIMENT; DETERMINISTIC AND PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; HAZARD INDICES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; IN-PHASE; NEW JERSEY; NON-DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; PCDD/FS; PHASE 1; POINT ESTIMATE; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; PROBABILISTIC RISK ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC DATABASE; TWO PHASIS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FISH; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; HEALTH; MEATS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

HEALTH RISKS;

DIOXIN; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FURAN; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; DIOXINS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAFOOD; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; URBAN POPULATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; PASSAIC RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749118392     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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