Heavy metal contamination and risk assessment in water, paddy soil, and rice around an electroplating plant

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1623-1632

  Liu, Jie ^a   Zhang, Xue Hong ^a   Tran, Henry ^b   Wang, Dun Qiu ^a   Zhu, Yi Nian ^a  

^a GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroplating; Heavy metal; Paddy soil; Rice; Risk assessment; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FRACTIONATION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS INDUSTRY; PADDY FIELD; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ELECTROPLATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80053942716     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0523-3     Document Type: Article

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