Metal concentrations in surface water and sediments from Pardo River, Brazil: Human health risks

Environmental Research

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-155

  Alves, Renato I S ^a   Sampaio, Carolina F ^a   Nadal, Martí ^b   Schuhmacher, Marta ^b   Domingo, José L ^b   Segura Muñoz, Susana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Human health risk assessment; Metals; Sediments; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SURFACE WATER; THALLIUM; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; TRACE METAL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SEDIMENT; SKIN ABSORPTION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; PARDO RIVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; METALS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER;

ADULT; ARSENIC; BRAZIL; CHILD; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MANGANESE; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEASONS; THALLIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902456730     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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