• Comprehensive Review on Case Studies of Soil Ecological Risk Assessment Based on TRIAD Approach

  • Haemi Kim1 , Dokyung Kim1,2, and Youn-Joo An1,2*

  • 1 Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
    2 Human and Eco Care Center (HECC), Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

  • TRIAD 기반 토양생태위해성평가 적용사례 분석

  • 김해미1 ㆍ김도경1,2ㆍ안윤주1,2*

  • 1 건국대학교 환경보건과학과
    2 건국대학교 휴먼앤에코케어센터

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(3): 71-78

    Published on Jun 30, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.3.071
  • Received on May 30, 2025
  • Revised on Jun 16, 2025
  • Accepted on Jun 27, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Youn-Joo An

  • 1 Department of Environmental Health Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
    2 Human and Eco Care Center (HECC), Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea

  • E-mail: anyjoo@konkuk.ac.kr