Spatial-temporal and cancer risk assessment of selected hazardous air pollutants in Seattle

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-17

  Wu, Chang fu ^a   Liu, L J Sally ^b,c   Cullen, Alison ^b   Westberg, Hal ^d   Williamson, John ^e  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Washington State University   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air toxics; Metals; Principal component; Risk assessment; VOCs

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DISEASES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; METALS; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR TOXICS; AIR TOXICS MONITORING; CANCER RISK ASSESSMENTS; HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RANDOM EFFECTS MODEL; TETRACHLOROETHYLENES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANCER; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 78349305137     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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