Risk assessment of arsenic and other metals via atmospheric particles, and effects of atmospheric exposure and other demographic factors on their accumulations in human scalp hair in urban area of Guangzhou, China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-92

  Huang, Minjuan ^a,b   Chen, Xunwen ^a   Shao, Dingding ^a   Zhao, Yinge ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

As speciation; Atmospheric particles; Human scalp hair; Metals; Risk assessment refinement

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CANCER; DUST; HAIR; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); URBAN POPULATION;

AGE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CHINA; DRINKING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCALP HAIR; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

AS SPECIATION; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; HUMAN SCALP HAIR; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT REFINEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84893356637     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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