Derivation of critical soil cadmium concentrations for the state of São Paulo, Brazil, based on human health risks

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1124-1141

  Melo, Lêonidas C A ^a   Alleoni, Luís R F ^a   Swartjes, Frank A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Heavy metals; Soil pollution; Tropical soils; Vegetable consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052873185     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2011.605723     Document Type: Article

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