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Article: A Human Health Risk Assessment Software for Facilitating Management of Urban Contaminated Sites: A Case Study: The Massa Site, Tuscany, Italy
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- Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright CRC Press Oct 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
The goal of this article is to present the Human Health Risk Assessment (HRA) software developed as one of the NORISC1 decision support software system components that could be used as a tool for facilitating management of urban contaminated sites. The NORISC-HRA software provides sufficient technical and procedural support to conduct a simple site-specific risk assessment. The employed HRA methodology is generally based on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) procedures. The software determines the level and spatial distribution of human health risks at a given site and sets up site-specific preliminary Health-Based Remedial Goals (HBRGs)/Risk-Based Concentrations (RBCs) ...
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