Performance of the CalTOX fate and exposure model in a case study for a dioxin-contaminated site

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 8719-8727

  Åberg, Annika ^a   MacLeod, Matthew ^b   Wiberg, Karin ^c  

^a Dept of EEE   (India)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CalTOX; Contaminated soil; Dioxins; Fate and exposure modeling; Monte Carlo analysis; PCDD F; Risk assessment; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PCDD; PCDF; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOTOXICITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

DAUCUS CAROTA; GALLUS GALLUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CARROT; CHEMISTRY; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE; HUMAN; MEAT; MILK; POACEAE; POTATO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; SWEDEN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CATTLE; DAUCUS CAROTA; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES; HUMANS; MEAT; MILK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SWEDEN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84929843923     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-4037-7     Document Type: Article

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