Limitations of the CLEA model when assessing human health risks from dioxins and furans in soil at an allotments site in Rochdale, NW England

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1983-1990

  Megson, David ^a   Dack, Sarah ^a   Moore, Michael ^b  

^a Mouchel Group   (United Kingdom)

^b Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; EGG; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

BENZOFURANS; EGGS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GARDENING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 79960156140     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1em10096c     Document Type: Article

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