Framework for combining REACH and national regulations to obtain equal protection levels of human health and the environment in different countries - Comparative study of Denmark and Korea

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 125, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-116

  Lee, Jihyun ^a   Pedersen, Anders Brandt ^a   Thomsen, Marianne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Background exposure; Environmental health; Lead; REACH; System approach

Indexed keywords

AIR INTAKES; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD COMPOUNDS;

BACKGROUND EXPOSURE; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HUMAN EXPOSURES; HUMAN HEALTH; LEAD; POLLUTION LEVEL; REACH; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACKGROUND LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EUROPEAN UNION; LEAD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; DENMARK; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KOREA; LEAD POISONING;

DENMARK; KOREA;

EID: 84877327629     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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