Adding Human Health Risk Analysis Tools to Geographic Information Systems |
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| Authors: | Ferdi L Hellweger Lesley Hay Wilson Eugenia M Naranjo & Paul J Anid |
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| Institution: | HydroQual, Inc., Mahawah, New Jersey,;Sage Risk Solutions, Austin, Texas |
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| Abstract: | The development of a module for performing human health risk analysis is presented. This risk module differs from other tools in that it is integrated into a geographic information system (GIS) in a plug–in fashion. The main challenge in the development of the risk module was handling the many different spatial data structures in an open GIS environment. Selection of programming language and other development issues are discussed. The application of the risk module to two mining activities in Bolivia is described. |
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