Concentration and transportation of heavy metals in vegetables and risk assessment of human exposure to bioaccessible heavy metals in soil near a waste-incinerator site, South China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 521-522, Issue , 2015, Pages 144-151

  Li, Ning ^a   Kang, Yuan ^a   Pan, Weijian ^a   Zeng, Lixuan ^a   Zhang, Qiuyun ^a   Luo, Jiwen ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccessibility; Heavy metals; Risk assessment; Waste incinerator

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DISEASES; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; VEGETABLES;

BIOACCESSIBILITY; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; HUMAN EXPOSURES; NON-CANCER RISKS; SIMILAR PATTERN; WASTE INCINERATOR;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; NICKEL; HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; INCINERATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRASSICA JUNCEA; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONVOLVULACEAE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; LEAF LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; SOIL POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

IPOMOEA AQUATICA; LACTUCA; LACTUCA VIROSA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INCINERATION; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84925746352     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.081     Document Type: Article

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