Levels of Cd, Pb, As, Hg, and Se in hair of residents living in villages around Fenghuang polymetallic mine, Southwestern China

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-128

  Li, Yonghua ^a   Zhang, Xiuwu ^b   Yang, Linsheng ^a   Li, Hairong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b Dongying Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Hair; Heavy metals; Mining activities

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; CD ,PB , AS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; MINING ACTIVITIES; POLYMETALLIC;

HEAVY METALS; RURAL AREAS;

LEAD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAIR; METABOLISM; MINING; POLLUTION; STATISTICS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAIR; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; SELENIUM;

EID: 84864592125     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0650-7     Document Type: Article

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