INCORPORATING BIOACCESSIBILITY AND SOURCE APPORTIONMENT INTO HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT OF HEAVY METALS IN URBAN DUST OF XIAMEN, CHINA

Incorporating bioaccessibility and source apportionment into human health risk assessment of heavy metals in urban dust of Xiamen, China

Heavy metals in urban dust could pose noticeable human health risks, but there are few studies focusing on comprehensive human health risk assessment with the incorporation of both bioaccessibility and source apportionment in urban dust.Thus, fifty-eight urban dust samples Washing Machine Pulsator were collected from kindergartens in Xiamen to anal

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Effects of rain events on Cryptosporidium spp. levels in commercial shellfish zones in the Hillsborough River, Prince Edward Island, Canada

A longitudinal study was conducted during the 2014 spring eastern oyster harvesting season in Prince Edward Island.The concentrations of Cryptosporidium oocysts were assessed in seawater and oyster samples taken from three commercial Hockey Accessories - Tape shellfish zones (Approved, Restricted, and Prohibited) one day before a rain event (of at

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