Human health risk assessment related to contaminated land: state of the art

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 651-673

  Swartjes, F A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Exposure models; Hazard assessment; Soil pollution; State of the art human health risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED LAND; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84938421829     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-015-9693-0     Document Type: Article

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