Pollution and health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils of Guizhou, China

Mining of minerals in Guizhou, China, where it is enriched with reserves, may lead to soil contamination with heavy metals. We assessed the risk of eight typical heavy metals in Guizhou soils by collecting province-wide data available in the literature and using the geo-accumulation index method, th...

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Main Authors: Gao Yu, Fen Chen, Hongli Zhang, Zuhua Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2021-01-01
Series:Ecosystem Health and Sustainability
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2020.1859948