Human health risks of Pb and As exposure via consumption of home garden vegetables and incidental soil and dust ingestion: A probabilistic screening tool

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 423, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-38

  Bacigalupo, Chris ^a   Hale, Beverley ^b  

^a Intrinsik Environmental Sciences Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Ingestion; Lead; Monte Carlo; Soil; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CO-LOCATED; DUST INGESTION; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; GENERAL POPULATION; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; INGESTION RATE; INORGANIC ARSENIC; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PRIMARY FACTORS; REGRESSION MODEL; SCREENING TOOL; YOUNG CHILDREN;

ARSENIC; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH RISKS; INGESTION (ENGINES); LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; VEGETABLES;

ACCIDENTS;

ARSENIC; LEAD;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; DUST; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; INGESTION RATE; LEAD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT VEGETABLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOIL; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84859007064     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.01.057     Document Type: Article

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