Concentrations of heavy metals in six municipal sludges from Guangzhou and their potential ecological risk assessment for agricultural land use

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 165-174

  Liu, Jingyong ^a   Zhuo, Zhongxu ^a   Sun, Shuiyu ^a   Ning, Xunan ^a   Zhao, Suying ^b   Xie, Wuming ^a   Wang, Yujie ^a   Zheng, Li ^a   Huang, Rong ^a   Li, Bing ^c  

^a GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b China Environment Technology (HK) Limited   (China)

^c Dongguan Chao Ying Textile Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Geoaccumulation index (Igeo< inf>); Heavy metal; Municipal sludge; Potential ecological risk index (RI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928107390     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/28348     Document Type: Article

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