A tiered approach for the human health risk assessment for consumption of vegetables from with cadmium-contaminated land in urban areas

Environmental Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2013, Pages 223-231

  Swartjes, Frank A ^a   Versluijs, Kees W ^a   Otte, Piet F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Human health risks; Plant uptake; Soil pollution; Vegetable consumption

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; TOXICOLOGY; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

CADMIUM; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; PLANT UPTAKE; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION;

CADMIUM; CITIES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84885842992     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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