Exposure to heavy metals in blood and risk perception of the population living in the vicinity of municipal waste incinerators in Korea

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1629-1639

  Lee, Chung Soo ^a   Lim, Young Wook ^a   Kim, Ho Hyun ^a   Yang, Ji Yeon ^a   Shin, Dong Chun ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Exposure; Heavy metals; Municipal waste incinerators; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAVY METAL; MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTION; PUBLIC OPINION; SOUTH KOREA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; LEAD; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; REFUSE DISPOSAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84863220506     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0677-z     Document Type: Article

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