Human Exposure Pathways of Heavy Metals in a Lead-Zinc Mining Area, Jiangsu Province, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Qu, Chang Sheng ^a,d   Ma, Zong Wei ^a   Yang, Jin ^b   Liu, Yang ^c   Bi, Jun ^a   Huang, Lei ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Jiangsu Provincial Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; SELENIUM; SILVER; THALLIUM; ZINC;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD; GOVERNMENT; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HUMAN; LEAD ZINC MINING; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLICY; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; WATER SAMPLING;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HAIR; HUMANS; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZINC;

EID: 84869034642     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046793     Document Type: Article

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