ArticleEnvironmental geochemistry and health2009
Transport and dynamics of toxic pollutants in the natural environment and their effect on human health: research gaps and challenge.
Article in Environmental geochemistry and health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Oral bioaccessibility of metals in an urban catchment, Newcastle upon Tyne.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2011Article
- Generating land cover boundaries from remotely sensed data using object-based image analysis: overview and epidemiological application.Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology · 2010Article
- Using Landsat satellite data to support pesticide exposure assessment in California.International journal of health geographics · 2010Article
- Multiple links towards integrating teams for understanding of disease and environment (MULTITUDE).Environmental geochemistry and health · 2009Article
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Abstract
The source-pathway-receptor (SPR) approach to human exposure and risk assessment contains considerable uncertainty when using the refined modelling approaches to pollutant transport and dispersal, not least in how compounds of concern might be prioritized, proxy or indicator substances identified and the basic environmental and toxicological data collected. The impact of external environmental variables, urban systems and lifestyle is still poorly understood. This determines exposure of individuals and there are a number of methods being developed to provide more reliable spatial assessments. Within the human body, the dynamics of pollutants and effects on target organs from diffuse, transient sources of exposure sets ambitious challenges for traditional risk assessment approaches. Considerable potential exists in the application of, e.g. physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models. The reduction in uncertainties associated with the effects of contaminants on humans, transport and dynamics influencing exposure, implications of adult versus child exposure and lifestyle and the development of realistic toxicological and exposure data are all highlighted as urgent research needs. The potential to integrate environmental with toxicological models provides the next phase of research opportunity and should be used to drive empirical and model assessments.
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