Metal concentrations in rural topsoil in South Carolina: Potential for human health impact

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 402, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 149-156

  Aelion, C Marjorie ^a   Davis, Harley T ^a   McDermott, Suzanne ^b   Lawson, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Mental retardation and developmental delay; Neurotoxicity; Rural surface soils; Soil contamination; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERICS; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; HEALTH; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; NONMETALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RURAL AREAS; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; ALL METAL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; COMMON SOURCES; COPPER (CU); DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY; HUMAN HEALTH IMPACTS; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTING (IDW); MENTAL RETARDATION; MERCURY(III); METAL CONCENTRATIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS (PCA); SOIL METAL CONCENTRATIONS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SURFACE SOILING; UNCONTAMINATED SOILS; UNIFORM GRIDS; YOUNG CHILDREN;

STRIP METAL;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH IMPACT; METAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPSOIL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MENTAL RETARDATION; METALS; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48649108002     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.043     Document Type: Article

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