Arsenic, lead, and cadmium pollution in rice from Hunan markets and contaminated areas and their health risk assessment

Huanjing Kexue Xuebao/Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2314-2320

  Lei, Ming ^a,b   Zeng, Min ^c   Wang, Lihong ^d   Williams, Paul N ^b   Sun, Guoxin ^b  

^a HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Shandong Analysis and Test Center   (China)

Author keywords

Contaminated areas; Health risk assessment; Heavy metals; Hunan Province; Markets; Rice

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; HEALTH RISK; LEAD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA; HUNAN;

EID: 79952540132     PISSN: 02532468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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