Levels, sources and potential human health risks of organic pollutants in urban soils

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 430, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-192

  Cachada, A ^a   Pato, P ^a,b   Rocha Santos, T ^a,c   da Silva, E Ferreira ^a   Duarte, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Human health; PAHs; PCBs; Risk assessment; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; COMMON SOURCE; COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; HUMAN HEALTH; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; INCINERATION PROCESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAHS; PCB CONTAMINATION; PCBS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RESIDENTIAL SOIL; TOXIC ELEMENTS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SOILS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH; INCINERATION; LEAD; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS;

HEALTH RISKS;

COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL QUALITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; LAND USE; MUTAGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MUTAGENS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PORTUGAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; VISEU [PORTUGAL]; VISEU [VISEU (DST)];

EID: 84861465264     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.075     Document Type: Article

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