Systemic chronic health risk assessment of residential exposure to Cd 2+ and Cr 6+ in groundwater

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 181-194

  Etchie, Ayotunde Titilayo ^a   Etchie, Tunde Ogbemi ^a   Adewuyi, Gregory Olufemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

carcinogenic risk; hazard index; hazard quotient; non cancer risk; percutaneous

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CARCINOGENIC RISK; COMMUNITY WELLS; DRY AND WET; DUG WELL; HAZARD INDEX; PERCUTANEOUS; REGULATORY LIMIT; TRACE METAL;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; GROUNDWATER; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WELLS;

POLLUTION;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CANCER; CARCINOGEN; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACE METAL; WELL WATER;

EID: 84858309934     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.633913     Document Type: Article

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