Heavy metals in wheat grain and soil: Assessment of the potential health risk for inhabitants in a sewage-irrigated area of Beijing, China

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1109-1116

  Zhu, Yu En ^a,b   Zhao, Ye ^a   Sun, Ke ^a   Chen, Zhi Fan ^a   Qiao, Jie Juan ^a   Ji, Yan Qin ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk; Heavy metal; Sewage irrigated soils; Wheat grain

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; TRANSLOCATION; WHEAT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79958140891     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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