Soil Ingestion Rate and Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk in First Nations’ People Exposed to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Near In-situ Bitumen Extraction in Cold Lake, Alberta

The inadvertent ingestion of contaminated soil is the dominant exposure route of non-volatile and semi-volatile contaminants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Quantitative mass balance soil ingestion studies have been used to determine soil ingestion rates for use in human health risk...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irvine, Graham
Other Authors: Blais, Jules
Language:en
Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2013
Subjects:
PAH
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26088
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-3200