Risk assessment of potentially toxic element pollution in soils and rice (Oryza sativa) in a typical area of the Yangtze River Delta

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2542-2549

  Hang, Xiaoshuai ^a,b   Wang, Huoyan ^a   Zhou, Jianmin ^a   Ma, Chengling ^a,c   Du, Changwen ^a   Chen, Xiaoqin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Weifang Planning Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Changshu City; Distribution; Heavy metals; Potential health risk

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; CHANGSHU CITY; DISTRIBUTION; EAST CHINA; GEOGRAPHICAL TRENDS; HAZARD INDICES; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL POPULATIONS; ORAL DOSE; POTENTIAL HEALTH; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISK; POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS; RICE (ORYZA SATIVA); RICE SAMPLES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

CHROMIUM; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MERCURY (METAL); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 68749099440     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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