Population health risk due to dietary intake of heavy metals in the industrial area of Huludao city, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 387, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 96-104

  Zheng, Na ^a,b   Wang, Qichao ^a   Zhang, Xiuwu ^a,b   Zheng, Dongmei ^a,b   Zhang, Zhongsheng ^a,b   Zhang, Shaoqing ^a  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Hazard index (HI); Health risk; Heavy metals; Target hazard quotients (THQs)

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTING;

DIETARY INTAKE; HAZARD INDEX (HI); HEALTH RISK; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS (THQ);

HEALTH HAZARDS;

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

FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; INDEX METHOD; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMELTING;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HULUDAO; LIAONING;

EID: 36649017898     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.044     Document Type: Article

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