Human health risk assessment in restoring safe and productive use of abandoned contaminated sites

Environment International

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 436-448

  Wcisło, Eleonora ^a   Bronder, Joachim ^a   Bubak, Anicenta ^a   Rodríguez Valdés, Eduardo ^b   Gallego, José Luis R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contaminated site reuse; Human health risk assessment; Land use scenarios; Risk based remedial levels

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSING; LAND USE; REMEDIATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SOILS;

CONTAMINATED SITES; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; LAND-USE SCENARIO; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; REDEVELOPMENT PLANS; RISK-BASED;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC; HEAVY METAL;

ABANDONED MINE; ARSENIC; CANCER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL REMEDIATION;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; HUMAN; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND REMEDIATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84989337880     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.028     Document Type: Article

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