Tools available to communities for conducting cumulative exposure and risk assessments

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 371-384

  Barzyk, Timothy M ^a   Conlon, Kathryn C ^b   Chahine, Teresa ^c   Hammond, Davyda M ^a   Zartarian, Valerie G ^a   Schultz, Bradley D ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b US EPA National Exposure Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based; Cumulative exposure; Cumulative risk; Exposure assessments; Exposure tools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 77952671220     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2009.25     Document Type: Article

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