Distribution and Contamination Risk Assessment of Dissolved Trace Metals in Surface Waters in the Yellow River Delta

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1514-1529

  Song, Shuai ^a,b   Li, Fadong ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Liu, Qiang ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

anthropogenic; risk; source; surface water; trace metals; Yellow River Delta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880446470     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.708254     Document Type: Article

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