Health risks of heavy metals to the general public in Tianjin, China via consumption of vegetables and fish

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 350, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 28-37

  Wang, Xilong ^a,b   Sato, T ^a   Xing, Baoshan ^c   Tao, S ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Health risks; Heavy metals; Target hazard quotients (THQs); Tianjin; Vegetables and fish

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS (THQS); TIANJIN; VEGETABLES AND FISH;

CONTAMINATION;

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

FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP; EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

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

EID: 26844435386     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.09.044     Document Type: Article

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