Heavy Metal Contamination in Arable Soils and Vegetables around a Sulfuric Acid Factory, China

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 766-772

  Liu, Juan ^a,b   Wang, Jin ^a   Qi, Jianying ^c   Li, Xiangping ^a   Chen, Yongheng ^a   Wang, Chunlin ^d   Wu, Yingjuan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

Food; Hazard quotient; Health risk; Soil

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL POLLUTION; SULFURIC ACID; THALLIUM; VEGETABLE; ZINC;

CHINA; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84863994636     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201100550     Document Type: Article

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