External costs of atmospheric lead emissions from a waste-to-energy plant: A follow-up assessment of indirect exposure via topsoil ingestion

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 170-178

  Pizzol, Massimo ^a   Møller, Flemming ^a   Thomsen, Marianne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discount rate; External cost; IQ; Lead; Soil; Waste

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BLOOD;

ATMOSPHERIC LEAD; DISCOUNT RATES; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; EXTERNAL COSTS; IQ; LEAD; MONETARY VALUE; TIME HORIZONS; TOPSOIL; WASTE-TO-ENERGY PLANTS;

COSTS;

LEAD;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISCOUNT RATE; DISPERSION; LEAD; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TOPSOIL; TOXICITY; WASTE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXTERNAL COST; FOLLOW UP; NEUROTOXICITY; POPULATION; SOIL;

DENMARK;

EID: 84875802432     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.02.043     Document Type: Article

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