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Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in soils and commonly consumed food crops from quarry sites located at Isiagwu, Ebonyi State

Ovidius University Annals of Chemistry
Volume 29 (2018): Issue 1 (January 2018)
By: Uchechi Bliss Onyedikachi,  Donatus Chuka Belonwu and  Mattew Owhonda Wegwu  
Open Access
|May 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auoc-2018-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2286-038X | Journal ISSN: 1583-2430
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Language: English
Page range: 8 - 24
Submitted on: Mar 27, 2018
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Accepted on: May 7, 2018
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Published on: May 31, 2018
Published by: Ovidius University of Constanta
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
health risk assessment,
bioconcentration factors,
daily intake of heavy metals,
target hazard quotient,
carcinogenic risk,
heavy meta
Related subjects:
Chemistry,
Chemistry, other

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