Levels and health risk assessments of heavy metals in urban soils in Dongguan, China

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 148, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-78

  Wu, Shan ^a   Peng, Siqing ^a   Zhang, Xuexia ^a   Wu, Duilin ^b   Luo, Wei ^a   Zhang, Tianbin ^a   Zhou, Shungui ^a   Yang, Guoyi ^a   Wan, Hongfu ^a   Wu, Leqin ^a  

^a GUANGDONG INSTITUTE OF ECO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOIL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Central Laboratory Dongguan Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Enrichment factor; Health risk assessment; Heavy metal; Urban area

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

CARCINOGENIC RISK; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; QUALITY GUIDELINES; SCIENTIFIC BASIS; URBAN AREAS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ENRICHMENT; GUIDELINE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL QUALITY; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; DONGGUAN; GUANGDONG;

EID: 84919660847     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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