Risk element (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) contamination of soils and edible vegetables in the vicinity of Guixi Smelter, South China

Soil and Sediment Contamination

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 592-604

  Xiao, Hua Yun ^a   Jiang, Shui Ying ^a   Wu, Dai She ^a   Zhou, Wen Bin ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Guixi Smelter; Heavy metal; Sequential extraction; Soil; Transfer coefficient; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM ANNUM; CARBONATE FRACTION; GUIXI SMELTER; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; HUMAN HEALTH; LABILE FRACTIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MOBILE FRACTIONS; PLANT TISSUES; RESIDUAL FRACTION; RISK ELEMENTS; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOIL-PLANT TRANSFER; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOUTH CHINA; TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; EXTRACTION; FRUITS; HEALTH RISKS; LEAD; METALS; SMELTING; SOILS; TISSUE; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 79960662801     PISSN: 15320383     EISSN: 15497887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15320383.2011.587047     Document Type: Article

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