Environmental contamination of heavy metals from zinc smelting areas in Hezhang County, western Guizhou, China

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 883-890

  Bi, Xiangyang ^a,b   Feng, Xinbin ^a   Yang, Yuangen ^a   Qiu, Guangle ^a   Li, Guanghui ^a,b   Li, Feili ^a,c   Liu, Taoze ^a,b   Fu, Zhiyou ^a,b   Jin, Zhisheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Crop; Heavy metal; Hezhang; Moss; Soil; Source attribution; Zinc smelting activity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; CROPS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUE GASES; LEAD; SOILS; ZINC SMELTING;

CHINA; HEAVY METAL; HEZHANG; MOSS; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; ZINC SMELTING ACTIVITY;

HEAVY METALS;

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

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; MOSS; POLLUTION; SMELTING; SOIL POLLUTION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CORN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SAMPLE; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CADMIUM; FARM CROPS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; POLLUTION; SMELTING; SOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU; HEZHANG;

BRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33746490026     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.05.010     Document Type: Article

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