Comparing the health risk of toxic metals through vegetable consumption between industrial polluted and non-polluted fields in Shaoguan, south China

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 943-948

  Wang, Xu ^a,b,c   Wang, Fuhua ^a,b,c   Chen, Bruce ^d   Sun, Fangfang ^b,c   He, Wu ^b,c   Wen, Dian ^a   Liu, Xiangxiang ^a   Wang, Qifeng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^d Symbio Alliance Laboratory   (Australia)

Author keywords

Haoguan; Health risk; Industrial pollution; Non polluted fields; Target hazard quotient; Toxic metals; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION; POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARDIZATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84862201816     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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