Inorganic and organic pollution in agricultural soil from an emerging e-waste recycling town in Taizhou area, China

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 895-906

  Tang, Xianjin ^a   Shen, Chaofeng ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Xiao, Xi ^a   Wu, Jingyan ^a   Khan, Muhammad I ^b   Dou, Changming ^c   Chen, Yingxu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c Anhui Academy of Environmental Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil; E waste; Heavy metals; PAHs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD QUALITY; HEAVY METAL; PAH; PCB; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA; TAIZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 77953692229     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-010-0252-0     Document Type: Article

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