Impacts of opencast coal mine and mine fire on the trace elements' content of the surrounding soil vis-à-vis human health risk

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-237

  Masto, Reginald E ^a   Ram, Lal C ^a   George, Joshy ^a   Selvi, Vetrivel A ^a   Sinha, Awadhesh K ^a   Verma, Santosh K ^a   Rout, Tofan K ^a   Priyadarshini, ^a   Prabal, Pritish ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Coal; Enrichment; Exposure assessment; Mine fire; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COAL FIELDS; COAL FIRES; CONTROL SITES; ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HUMAN EXPOSURE RISKS; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; MINING ACTIVITIES; OPENCAST COAL MINE; REFERENCE DOSE; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SCREENING; SURROUNDING SOILS; TRACE METAL;

BARIUM; CHROMIUM; COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; COAL MINES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GALLIUM; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEAVY METALS; MINE FIRES; RATING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBIDIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC; ZIRCONIUM;

HEALTH RISKS;

COAL MINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; OPENCAST MINING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT;

DHANBAD; INDIA; JHARKHAND;

EID: 78649851652     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2010.510922     Document Type: Article

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