Phthalate esters contamination in soils and vegetables of plastic film greenhouses of suburb Nanjing, China and the potential human health risk

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 12018-12028

  Ma, Ting Ting ^a,b   Wu, Long Hua ^a   Chen, Like ^a,c   Zhang, Hai Bo ^a,d   Teng, Ying ^a   Luo, Yong Ming ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (China)

^c Shanghai Research Institute of Chemical Industry   (China)

^d YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Ambient pollution; Health risk assessment; Phthalate esters; Soil ingestion; Vegetable intake

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILM; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; PHTHALATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA;

ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; SOIL POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTERS; HUMANS; PHTHALIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; PLASTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84937975634     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4401-2     Document Type: Article

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