Change of water sources reduces health risks from heavy metals via ingestion of water, soil, and rice in a riverine area, South China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-170

  Zhang, Li'e ^a   Mo, Zhaoyu ^b   Qin, Jian ^a   Li, Qin ^a   Wei, Yanhong ^b   Ma, Shuyan ^a   Xiong, Yuxia ^b   Liang, Guiqiang ^a   Qing, Li ^a   Chen, Zhiming ^b   Yang, Xiaobo ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^a   Zou, Yunfeng ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Scientific Research Academy of Guangxi Environmental Protection   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk reduction; Heavy metal contamination; Mining; Water soil rice

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; MINING; POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; SOILS; WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RESOURCES;

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; CARCINOGENIC RISK; GUIDELINE VALUES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL LEVELS; IRRIGATION WATERS; RISK REDUCTIONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT; SOIL;

CANCER; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; MINING; RICE; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RICE; RISK REDUCTION; SOIL; SOIL QUALITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ORYZA; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; ORYZA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84930615064     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.100     Document Type: Article

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