A human health risk assessment of rare earth elements in soil and vegetables from a mining area in Fujian Province, Southeast China

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1240-1246

  Li, Xiaofei ^a   Chen, Zhibiao ^a   Chen, Zhiqiang ^a   Zhang, Yonghe ^a  

^a FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exposure; Health risk assessment; Rare earth elements; Southeast China; Vegetable consumption

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; RARE EARTHS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOILS; VEGETABLES;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS (REES); SOUTHEAST CHINA;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

DRINKING WATER; LANTHANIDE; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BLOOD; DRINKING WATER; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; MINING; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE; WELL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALOCASIA; ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CHINESE CABBAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COWPEA; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LETTUCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADISH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPINACH; VEGETABLE; WHITE CABBAGE;

CHANGTING; CHINA; FUJIAN; HETIAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EXPOSURE; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SOUTHEAST CHINA; VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION;

CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; METALS, RARE EARTH; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84885861389     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.06.085     Document Type: Article

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