Health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and vegetables from wastewater irrigated area, Beijing-Tianjin city cluster, China

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 690-698

  Wang, Yanchun ^a,b   Qiao, Min ^a   Liu, Yunxia ^a,c   Zhu, Yongguan ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Beijing Institute of Landscape Architecture   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Human health risk; Soil; Transfer factor; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; ESTIMATED DIETARY INTAKES; FOOD CHAIN; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LOCAL POPULATIONS; POLLUTION LOADS; SEWAGE IRRIGATION; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS; TIANJIN; TRANSFER FACTOR; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FERTILIZERS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

HEAVY METAL;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METHODOLOGY; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CHINA; CITIES; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; METALS, HEAVY; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; VEGETABLES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; TIANJIN;

EID: 84859879938     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60833-4     Document Type: Article

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