Heavy metal contamination and its environmental risk assessment in surface sediments from Lake Dongting, People's Republic of China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 204-210

  Qian, Y ^a   Zheng, M H ^a   Gao, L ^a   Zhang, B ^a   Liu, W ^a   Jiao, W ^a   Zhao, X ^a   Xiao, K ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHINA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 26844501221     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0739-3     Document Type: Article

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