Health risk assessment of exposure to organic matter from the use of reclaimed water in toilets

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6687-6695

  Niu, Zhi Guang ^a   Zang, Xue ^a   Zhang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic risk; Monte Carlo simulations; Non carcinogenic risk; Reclaimed water; Toilet flushing; VOCs

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOLATILIZATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84900866173     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2583-7     Document Type: Article

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