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Propositional modification for the USEPA models for human exposure assessment on chemicals in settled dust or soil

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The research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21607038), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M570629, 2016T90668), the Scientific Research Starting Foundation (5101219170102), Postdoctoral Research Foundation (5101219470205) and Science Foundation (5101219279007) of Henan Normal University, and Key Scientific Research Project Plan of Henan Province (13A610538, 15A610005).

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  1. School of Environment, Key Laboratory for Yellow River and Huai River Water Environment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Henan Key Laboratory for Environmental Pollution Control, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China

    Zhiguo Cao, Leicheng Zhao, Guifen Zhu, Qiaoying Chen, Guangxuan Yan, Xin Zhang, Shihua Wang, Peipei Wu, Lifang Sun & Mohai Shen

  2. Beijing Key Laboratory for Emerging Organic Contaminants Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    Zhiguo Cao

  3. Henan Vocational College of Agriculture, Zhengzhou, 451450, China

    Shaowei Zhang

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Cao, Z., Zhao, L., Zhu, G. et al. Propositional modification for the USEPA models for human exposure assessment on chemicals in settled dust or soil. Environ Sci Pollut Res 24, 20113–20116 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9745-3

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