Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in soil-vegetable system: A multi-medium analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 530-540

  Liu, Xingmei ^a   Song, Qiujin ^a   Tang, Yu ^a   Li, Wanlu ^a   Xu, Jianming ^a   Wu, Jianjun ^a   Wang, Fan ^b   Brookes, Philip Charles ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Family sized industry; Heavy metal pollution; Multi medium exposure; Non carcinogenic risk

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; MULTI-MEDIUM EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCIES;

AGRICULTURE; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHROMIUM; DISEASES; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); PLANTS (BOTANY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; VEGETABLES;

POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE;

ARABLE LAND; ARTICLE; ASPARAGUS; CABBAGE; CANCER RISK; CARROT; CAYENNE PEPPER; CELERY; CHINA; COWPEA; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LETTUCE; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TOMATO; VEGETABLE;

CANCER RISK; FAMILY-SIZED INDUSTRY; HEAVY METAL POLLUTION; MULTI-MEDIUM EXPOSURE; NON-CARCINOGENIC RISK;

ADULT; CHINA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84880004422     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.064     Document Type: Article

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