Monte Carlo Simulation-Based Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal Soil Pollution: A Case Study in the Qixia Mining Area, China

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 733-750

  Qu, Changsheng ^a,b   Sun, Kai ^a   Wang, Surong ^a   Huang, Lei ^a   Bi, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

environmental exposure; health risk assessment; heavy metal; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863819151     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.688697     Document Type: Article

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