Environmental mercury in China: A review

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2431-2444

  Lin, Yan ^a   Vogt, Rolf ^b   Larssen, Thorjorn ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chinese environment; Exposure; Food sources; Mercury

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CITIES; CHINESE ENVIRONMENT; CONTAMINATED AREAS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SOURCES; GENERAL POPULATION; GLOBAL POLLUTANTS; HG POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; LARGE RIVERS; LOW LEVEL; MEGACITIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTED SITES; REMOTE AREAS; RIVER SYSTEMS; RURAL REGIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WATERBODIES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; MERCURY (METAL); POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

FRESH WATER; MERCURY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTAMINATED LAND; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CHAIN; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RICE; RIVER SYSTEM; RURAL AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; RICE; RIVER; RURAL AREA; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; ORYZA SATIVA; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA;

EID: 84867705627     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1980     Document Type: Review

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