Assessing the health risk of heavy metals in vegetables to the general population in Beijing, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1702-1709

  SONG, Bo ^a,b   LEI, Mei ^a   CHEN, Tongbin ^a   ZHENG, Yuanming ^a   XIE, Yunfeng ^a   LI, Xiaoyan ^a   GAO, Ding ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; estimated daily intake; health risk; heavy metals; vegetable

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BEIJING; BEIJING , CHINA; BODY WEIGHT; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKE; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; FRESH WEIGHT; GENERAL POPULATION; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; METALS; NICKEL; RISK PERCEPTION; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

ARSENIC; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; POLLUTION EFFECT; VEGETABLE; ZINC;

AGE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; VEGETABLE;

AGE FACTORS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLES;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 72149093500     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(08)62476-6     Document Type: Article

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