Multielemental contents of foodstuffs from the Wanshan (China) mercury mining area and the potential health risks

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-187

  Wang, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Li, Yu Feng ^a   Li, Bai ^a   Dong, Zeqin ^c   Qu, Liya ^c   Gao, Yuxi ^a   Chai, Zhifang ^a   Chen, Chunying ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^b SICHUAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guizhou Institute of Environmental Science and Designing   (China)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY INTAKES; GUIZHOU PROVINCE; HAZARD INDICES; HG MINES; MINING AREAS; MULTI-ELEMENT; MULTI-ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL HEALTH; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS; TOXIC ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HEALTH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; RISK PERCEPTION; VEGETABLES;

HEALTH RISKS;

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH RISK; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; MANGANESE; MEAT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; POTATO; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; SELENIUM; SMELTING;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 78751701528     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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