Status, influences and risk assessment of hexachlorocyclohexanes in agricultural soils across China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 12140-12147

  Niu, Lili ^a   Xu, Chao ^b   Yao, Yijun ^a   Liu, Kai ^c   Yang, Fangxing ^a   Tang, Mengling ^a   Liu, Weiping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ENANTIOMERIC ANALYSIS; ENANTIOMERIC FRACTIONS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LIMITED INFORMATION; NONCARCINOGENIC RISK;

AGRICULTURE; ENANTIOMERS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOILS;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANIC MATTER; ALPHA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; HCH; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL SURVEY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CHINA; HEALTH HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SURFACE SOIL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTANT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LINDANE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84887909825     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es401630w     Document Type: Article

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