Health risk evaluation for the inhabitants of a typical mining town in a mountain area, South China

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1140, Issue , 2008, Pages 263-273

  Zhang, Xin Ying ^a,b   Tang, Xiao Lan ^c   Zhao, Cai Liu ^d   Zhang, Gan ^a   Hu, Heng Sheng ^b   Wu, Hao Dong ^b   Hu, Bo ^b   Mo, Li Ping ^b   Huang, Li ^b   Wei, Jin Gao ^d  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GUANGXI TEACHERS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGXI CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d Environmental Science Institute of Guangxi Hechi   (China)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Guangxi; Health risk evalution; Heavy metal contamination; Mining town

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; LEAD; MANGANESE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MINING; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SKIN CANCER;

EID: 54949148312     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1454.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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