Human health risk assessment of ground water contaminated with petroleum PAHs using Monte Carlo simulations: A case study of an Indian metropolitan city

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 205, Issue , 2018, Pages 183-191

  Rajasekhar, Bokam ^a   Nambi, Indumathi M ^a   Govindarajan, Suresh Kumar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Chennai; Exposure assessment; Ground water; India; Monte Carlo simulations; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Probabilistic health risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; GROUND WATER; PETROLEUM; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CANCER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PIPELINE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; ADULT; CHILD; CITY; INDIA;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

ADULT; CHILD; CITIES; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; INDIA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85030244547     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.078     Document Type: Article

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