Seasonal concentrations, contamination levels, and health risk assessment of arsenic and heavy metals in the suspended particulate matter from an urban household environment in a metropolitan city, Beijing, China

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Yang, Y Y ^a   Liu, L Y ^a   Guo, L L ^a   Lv, Y L ^a   Zhang, G M ^a   Lei, J ^a   Liu, W T ^a   Xiong, Y Y ^a   Wen, H M ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic and heavy metals; Contamination; Health risk; Seasonal concentrations; Suspended particulate matter (SPM); Urban household

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; HEALTH; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ZINC;

CONTAMINATION LEVELS; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; GEO-ACCUMULATION INDEX; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METROPOLITAN CITIES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTERS; URBAN-HOUSEHOLD;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEALTH HAZARD; HOUSEHOLD; INGESTION; INHALATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN ABSORPTION; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WINTER; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SKIN;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ARSENIC; BEIJING; CHILD; CHINA; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SKIN;

EID: 84930640764     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4611-6     Document Type: Article

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