Applying Health Risk Analysis to Assess the Chemical Quality of Water for Recreational Bathing: The Case of Tres Arroyos Creek, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-68

  Peluso, Fabio ^a,b   Othax, Natalia ^a,c   Castelain, José Gonzalez ^a   Dubny, Sabrina ^a,b  

^a Flatlands Hydrology Institute Dr Eduardo Usunoff   (Argentina)

^b Commission of Scientific Research of Buenos Aires Province ^*  (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; health risk assessment; heavy metals; pesticides; recreational waters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886904416     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.743827     Document Type: Article

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