Bioaccessibility of antimony and arsenic in highly polluted soils of the mine area and health risk assessment associated with oral ingestion exposure

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 308-315

  Li, Jining ^a   Wei, Yuan ^a   Zhao, Long ^a   Zhang, Juan ^a   Shangguan, Yuxian ^a   Li, Fasheng ^a   Hou, Hong ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Antimony; Antimony mine area; Arsenic; Bioaccessibility; Health risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; IRON; MANGANESE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARCINOGEN; HEALTH RISK; MINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCESSIBILITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; EXPOSURE; EXTRACTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INGESTION; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; EATING; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY;

CHINA; HUNAN; XIKUANGSHAN;

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; CHINA; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS; MINING; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84908055963     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.09.009     Document Type: Article

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