Assessing the concentration and potential dietary risk of heavy metals in vegetables at a Pb/Zn mine site, China

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1317-1321

  Dong, Jun ^a   Yang, Qing wei ^b   Sun, Li na ^a   Zeng, Qing ^b   Liu, Shou jiang ^c   Pan, Jin ^b   Liu, Xue lian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Guangdong; Heavy metal; Potential dietary risk; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

CD CONCENTRATIONS; CHINA; DAILY INTAKE; GUANGDONG; GUANGDONG PROVINCE; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; LOCAL PEOPLE; MINING ACTIVITIES; PB/ZN MINE; POTENTIAL DIETARY RISK; SOUTH CHINA;

CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; LEAD; METALS; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MINE WASTE; PUBLIC HEALTH; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 80053937107     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-0992-1     Document Type: Article

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