Changes in hair arsenic concentration in a population exposed to heavy pollution: Follow-up investigation in Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, Southern China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-289

  Wu, Bin ^a   Chen, Tongbin ^a  

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

Author keywords

arsenic; hair arsenic; human health; soil contamination

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC POLLUTION; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HAIR ARSENIC; HUMAN HEALTH; HUNAN PROVINCE; LOCAL RESIDENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; OLD PEOPLE; POLLUTED AREA; SOIL CONTAMINATION; SOUTHERN CHINA;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH; SOILS;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; HEALTH IMPACT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHINA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VEGETABLE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC; ARSENIC POISONING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VEGETABLES; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CHENZHOU; CHINA; HUNAN;

EID: 76449093383     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(09)60106-6     Document Type: Article

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