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Filtering by: Date issued sim 2003-02-03 Subject Pollution -- Risk assessment -- Oregon -- Portland

A human health risk assessment of hazardous air pollutants in Portland, Oregon

Creator:

Tam, Bonnie

Abstract:

In 1990, the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments authorized the regulation of 188 hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Exposure to HAPs at sufficient concentrations and durations can increase both cancer and serious adverse non-carcinogenic effects. The purpose of this study was to conduct a human health risk assessment using data of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis