Assessment of health risk from exposure to contaminated soil.
The risk to human health posed by contaminated soil in a residential area depends on the potential extent of exposure to soil and on the toxic properties of the contaminants. A detailed soil exposure analysis is presented for young children, older children, and adults living in a house surrounded by contaminated soil. From this analysis, a lifetime exposure model is derived and used to assess chronic health risks.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004391:Dust / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012306:Risk; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*
D004391:Dust; D012989:Soil Pollutants