Accumulation and health risk of heavy metals in a plot-scale vegetable production system in a peri-urban vegetable farm near Nanjing, China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 98, Issue , 2013, Pages 303-309

  Hu, Wenyou ^a   Huang, Biao ^a   Shi, Xuezheng ^a   Chen, Weiping ^b   Zhao, Yongcun ^a   Jiao, Wentao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hazard quotient; Heavy metal balance; Mass balance model; Soils; Vegetable production system

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIET; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MASS BALANCE; PERIURBAN AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; HEALTH HAZARD; PLOTS AND CURVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE SOIL; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

ADULT; CHILD; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84887147049     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.09.040     Document Type: Article

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