Distribution and health risk assessment of HCHs in Urban soils of Beijing, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2377-2387

  Yang, Lingyan ^a   Xia, Xinghui ^a   Hu, Lijuan ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Health risk assessment; Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs); Land use; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

BEIJING; BEIJING , CHINA; BLACK CARBON; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; DERMAL UPTAKE; EDUCATIONAL AREA; EXPOSURE DURATIONS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GREEN SPACES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CARBON FRACTION; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; RISK VALUE; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SOILS;

HEALTH RISKS; LAND USE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOILS;

BLACK CARBON; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HCH; HEALTH RISK; LAND USE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBURBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BUSINESS AREA; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHINA; CLASSICAL GARDEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURE AND EDUCATIONAL AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INHALATION; LAND USE; PH; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADSIDE AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN PENETRATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

CHINA; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINDANE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84862903134     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2124-5     Document Type: Article

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