Identifying sources and assessing potential risk of heavy metals in soils from direct exposure to children in a mine-impacted city, Changsha, China

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1616-1623

  Wang, Zhenxing ^a   Chai, Liyuan ^a   Yang, Zhihui ^a   Wang, Yunyan ^a   Wang, Haiying ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN'S HEALTH; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARD INDICES; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTANTS; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; INHALATION AND DERMAL CONTACT; MINING AREAS; POTENTIAL HEALTH; POTENTIAL RISKS; SEQUENTIAL INDICATOR SIMULATIONS; SOIL EXPOSURE; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE SOIL; TRIANGULATED IRREGULAR NETWORKS;

ARSENIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COAL; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; MINING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE SOIL; TECHNOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77957882843     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0007     Document Type: Article

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