Establishing the importance of human health risk assessment for metals and metalloids in urban environments

Environment International

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 176-185

  Pena Fernandez A ^a   Gonzalez Munoz M J ^a   Lobo Bedmar, M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Agrario y Alimentario IMIDRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contaminated soil; Human risk assessment; Metals and metalloids; Urban soils

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASES; HEALTH RISKS; METALS; REMEDIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN PLANNING;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CONTAMINATED SOILS; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL CONTAMINATION; METALS AND METALLOIDS; SOIL CONCENTRATIONS; URBAN SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; METALLOID; NICKEL; THALLIUM; TITANIUM; VALINE; ZINC;

CONTAMINATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CONTAMINATED SOIL; HUMAN; HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT; METALS AND METALLOIDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; URBAN SOILS;

SPAIN;

CONTAMINATED SOIL; HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT; METALS AND METALLOIDS; URBAN SOILS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; METALLOIDS; METALS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84907678788     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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