Human health risk assessment: Models for predicting the effective exposure duration of on-site receptors exposed to contaminated groundwater

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 181, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 226-233

  Baciocchi, Renato ^a   Berardi, Simona ^b   Verginelli, Iason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contaminated sites; Depleting source; Exposure duration; Fate and transport; On site receptors; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; CONTAMINATED SITES; CONTAMINATED WATER; DEPLETING SOURCE; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; EXPOSURE PERIOD; FATE AND TRANSPORT; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; MODEL-BASED; NUMERICAL MODELS; REMEDIATION GOALS; RISK-BASED APPROACH; SITE EXPOSURE; STANDARD PROCEDURES;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISKS; LAND RECLAMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; REMEDIATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGORITHM; CLEANUP; CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INGESTION RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

DECONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION;

EID: 77954532604     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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