Health risk assessment of heavy metals for edible parts of vegetables grown in sewage-irrigated soils in suburbs of Baoding City, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3503-3513

  Xue, Zhan Jun ^a   Liu, Shu Qing ^a   Liu, Yan Ling ^a   Yan, Yong Lu ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b Monitoring Center for Environment of Hebei Province   (China)

Author keywords

Assessment; Health risk; Heavy metals; Sewage irrigation; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DAILY INTAKE; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HUMAN HEALTH; POTENTIAL HEALTH; REFERENCE SOIL; REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SEWAGE IRRIGATION; SPINACIA OLERACEA; SUBURBAN AREAS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS;

CADMIUM; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

SOIL POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANGIOSPERM; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; LEAD; NICKEL; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; SUBURBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHINA; CONTAMINATED PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; VEGETABLE; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS;

BAODING; CHINA; HEBEI;

ALLIUM FISTULOSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84863734063     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2204-6     Document Type: Article

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