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| Title |
Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metal in Urban Surface Soil (Klang District, Malaysia)
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| Published in |
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00128-015-1544-2 |
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| Authors |
Nurul Syazani Yuswir, Sarva Mangala Praveena, Ahmad Zaharin Aris, Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail, Zailina Hashim |
| Abstract |
Urban environmental quality is vital to be investigated as the majority of people live in cities. However, given the continuous urbanization and industrialization in urban areas, heavy metals are continuously emitted into the terrestrial environment and pose a great threat to human. In this study, a total of 76 urban surface soil samples were collected in the Klang district (Malaysia), and analyzed for total and bioavailable heavy metal concentrations by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry. Results showed that the concentrations of bioavailable heavy metals declined in the order of Al, Fe, Zn, Cu, Co, Cd, Pb, and Cr, and the concentrations of total heavy metals declined in the order of Fe, Al, Cu, Zn, Pb, Cr, Co, and Cd. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that heavy metals could be grouped into three principal components, with PC1 containing Al and Fe, PC2 comprising Cd, Co, Cr, and Cu, and PC3 with only Zn. PCA results showed that PC1 may originate from natural sources, whereas PC2 and PC3 most likely originated from anthropogenic sources. Health risk assessment indicated that heavy metal contamination in the Klang district was below the acceptable threshold for carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks in adults, but above the acceptable threshold for carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks in children. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 117 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 116 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 12% |
| Researcher | 6 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 43 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental Science | 28 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 11% |
| Engineering | 7 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 5% |
| Materials Science | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 10% |
| Unknown | 48 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2015.
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