%0 Journal Article
	%A Kevin Fong-Rey Liu and  Ken Yeh and  Cheng-Wu Chen and  Han-Hsi Liang
	%D 2012
	%J International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 65, 2012
	%T Health Risk Assessment in Lead Battery Smelter Factory: A Bayesian Belief Network Method
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7665
	%V 65
	%X This paper proposes the use of Bayesian belief
networks (BBN) as a higher level of health risk assessment for a
dumping site of lead battery smelter factory. On the basis of the
epidemiological studies, the actual hospital attendance records and
expert experiences, the BBN is capable of capturing the probabilistic
relationships between the hazardous substances and their adverse
health effects, and accordingly inferring the morbidity of the adverse
health effects. The provision of the morbidity rates of the related
diseases is more informative and can alleviate the drawbacks of
conventional methods.
	%P 936 - 939