An integrated environmental modeling framework for performing Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessments

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-91

  Whelan, Gene ^a   Kim, Keewook ^a,b   Pelton, Mitch A ^c   Soller, Jeffrey A ^d   Castleton, Karl J ^c   Molina, Marirosa ^a   Pachepsky, Yakov ^e   Zepp, Richard ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Soller Environmental   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated environmental modeling; Manure; Pathogens; QMRA; Risk assessment; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; HEALTH RISKS; MANURES; PATHOGENS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURFACE WATERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING FRAMEWORKS; MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; QMRA; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT (QMRA); RISK MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION; WATERSHED MODELING;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AQUIFER; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HEALTH RISK; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84893511618     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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