Characterization of soil heavy metal contamination and potential health risk in metropolitan region of northern China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 172, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 353-365

  Qiao, Min ^a   Cai, Chao ^b   Huang, Yizong ^a   Liu, Yunxia ^a   Lin, Aijun ^c   Zheng, Yuanming ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

GIS; Health risk; Heavy metals; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CARCINOGENIC RISK; CONTAMINATION RISKS; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DERMAL CONTACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; GIS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; MINING SITES; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE METALS; NORTHERN CHINA; POTENTIAL HEALTH; PRIMARY INPUTS; SEWAGE IRRIGATION; SPATIAL DATA; SURFACE SOIL; SURROUNDING REGIONS; TIANJIN;

CHROMIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOILS; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

DEVELOPING WORLD; GIS; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; METROPOLITAN AREA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHINA; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; MINING; SEWAGE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; STANDARD; SURFACE SOIL; URBANIZATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHINA; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZINC;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 79151483764     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1339-1     Document Type: Article

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