Heavy metal accumulation in soils, plants, and hair samples: an assessment of heavy metal exposure risks from the consumption of vegetables grown on soils previously irrigated with wastewater

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 18456-18468

  Massaquoi, Lamin Daddy ^a   Ma, Hui ^b   Liu, Xue Hui ^a   Han, Peng Yu ^a   Zuo, Shu Mei ^b   Hua, Zhong Xian ^b   Liu, Dian Wu ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shijiazhuang Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bio concentration; Daily metal intake; Geo accumulation; Health hazard; Heavy metals; Risk assessment; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONTAMINATED LAND; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GEOACCUMULATION; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER; WATER USE;

HEAVY METAL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; VEGETABLES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84949095021     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5131-1     Document Type: Article

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