Impacts of sewage irrigation on heavy metal distribution and contamination in Beijing, China

Environment International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 805-812

  Liu, Wen Hua ^a   Zhao, Jing Zhu ^a   Ouyang, Zhi Yun ^a   Söderlund, Leif ^b   Liu, Guo Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Human risk; Sewage irrigation; Soil contamination; Transfer factor; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; HUMAN EXPOSURE RISKS; METAL CONTAMINATION; SEWAGE IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 22544488114     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.05.042     Document Type: Article

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