Non-Carcinogenic Baseline Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Taihu Lake Basin, China

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 212-218

  Wang, Yuankun ^a   Sheng, Dong ^b,c   Wang, Dong ^a   Yang, Xuchang ^c   Wu, Jichun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hunan Water Resources and Hydropower Research Institute   (China)

^c Taihu Basin Management Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Health risk; Heavy metals; Taihu lake basin; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951575433     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2011.538637     Document Type: Article

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