Site-specific risk assessment and integrated management decision-making: A case study of a typical heavy metal contaminated site, Middle China

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1224-1241

  Li, Fei ^a   Zhang, Jingdong ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Liu, Chaoyang ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^b  

^a ZHONGNAN UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

contaminated site; heavy metals; integrated environmental management; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964425457     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2016.1151348     Document Type: Article

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