Ecological and human health risk assessment.

B S Choudri, Yassine Charabi, Mushtaque Ahmed
Author Information
  1. B S Choudri: Center for Environmental Studies and Research, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman. ORCID
  2. Yassine Charabi: Center for Environmental Studies and Research, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.
  3. Mushtaque Ahmed: College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman.

Abstract

The literature review presented in this paper covers the risk assessment process that is important to human health as well as the health of ecology in the form of receptors. One of the important objectives of present review is to provide summary of the scientific studies published in the year 2018. The review starts with literature published on the assessment of health risks, which are valuable to human and ecology. Most of the literature in the entire article focuses on techniques used for the analysis of scientific data and methods. In addition, review also highlights data interpretation, uncertainty, policy, and regulatory guidance associated with the management of human and ecological risks. Particularly, the review on the risk assessment related to human health and ecology is divided into two main sections. These sections provide broad state of knowledge on the risk assessment process used to health of human and ecological systems focused on investigation of polluted sites, techniques of remediation, and tools required for natural resource management.

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Ecology
Ecosystem
Humans
Risk Assessment

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