Occurrence and partitioning of cadmium, arsenic and lead in mine impacted paddy rice: Hunan, China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 637-642

  Williams, Paul N ^a,b   Lei, Ming ^a   Sun, Guoxin ^a   Huang, Qing ^c   Lu, Ying ^b,d   Deacon, Claire ^b   Meharg, Andrew A ^b   Zhu, Yong Guan ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEREAL CROPS; FIELD SURVEYS; FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HUNAN PROVINCES; METAL MININGS; MINING AREAS; NATIONAL FOODS; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; PADDY RICE; PADDY SOILS; SOUTHERN CHINAS; SUPPLY NETWORKS; TISSUE FRACTIONS; TRANSFER FACTORS; TRANSFER MODELS;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CADMIUM; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MINES; MINING; SOILS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SURVEYS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FOOD SUPPLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAD; MINING; PADDY FIELD; PARTITIONING; RICE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BRAN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRUIT HUSK; GRAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; MINING; NONHUMAN; RICE; SAFETY; SHOOT; SOIL ANALYSIS; AGRICULTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

AGRICULTURE; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHINA; LEAD; MINING; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 63149177303     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es802412r     Document Type: Article

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