Evaluation of incremental population and individual carcinogenic risks of PCDD/FS from steel and iron industry in Taiwan by a site-specific health risk assessment method

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 716-731

  Kao, Wei Yu ^a   Ma, Hwong Wen ^a   Chang Chien, Guo Ping ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electric arc furnace; PCDD Fs risk assessment; Population risk; Sinter plant; Steel and iron industry

Indexed keywords

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENIC RISK; ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE; EMISSION SOURCES; EXPOSURE MODELING; MULTIPLE PATHWAYS; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PCDD/FS; POPULATION RISK; SINTER PLANTS; SITE-SPECIFIC;

DISEASES; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; FURNACES; HEALTH RISKS; IRON; IRON AND STEEL PLANTS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SINTERING;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARCINOGEN; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; IRON; METALS INDUSTRY; MORTALITY; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEEL;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80053300258     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.04.0042     Document Type: Article

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