Human health risk assessment associated with Co, Cr, Mn, Ni and V contents in agricultural soils from a Mediterranean site

References

• Abbaslou H, Martin F, Abtahi A, Moore F. 2014. Trace element concentrations and background values in the arid soils of Hormozgan province of southern Iran. Arch Agron Soil Sci. 60:1125–1143.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alexakis D. 2011. Diagnosis of stream sediment quality and assessment of toxic element contamination sources in East Attica, Greece. Environ Earth Sci. 63:1369–1383.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alexakis D, Gamvroula D. 2014. Arsenic, chromium and other potentially toxic elements in the rocks and sediments of Oropos-Kalamos basin, Attica, Greece. Appl Environ Soil Sci. 2014:1–8. Article ID 718534.
   Google Scholar
• Alexakis D, Gotsis D, Giakoumakis S. 2011. Assessment of drainage water quality in pre- and post-irrigation seasons for supplemental irrigation use. Environ Monit Assess. 184:5051–5063.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alexakis D, Gotsis D, Giakoumakis S. 2015. Evaluation of soil salinization in a Mediterranean site (Agoulinitsa district—west Greece). Arab J Geosci. 8:1373–1383.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Alexakis D, Kagalou I, Tsakiris G. 2013. Assessment of pressures and impacts on surface water bodies of the Mediterranean. Case study: Pamvotis lake, Greece. Environ Earth Sci. 70:687–698.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Al-Saleh I, Nester M, Devol E, Shinwari N, Al-Shahria S. 1999. Determinants of blood lead levels in Saudi Arabian schoolgirls. Int J Occup Environ Health. 5:107–114.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Aslam S. 1982. Geomorphological study of Megara basin, Greece [ PhD thesis]. Athens: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (in Greek with English abstract); 127 p.
   Google Scholar
• Ayoubi S, Mehnatkesh A, Jalalian A, Sahrawat KL, Gheysari M. 2014. Relationships between grain protein, Zn, Cu, Fe and Mn contents in wheat and soil and topographic attributes. Arch Agron Soil Sci. 60:625–638.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Banza CLN, Nawrot TS, Haufroid V, Decrée S, De Putter T, Smolders E, Kabyla BI, Luboya ON, Ilunga AN, Mutombo AM, Nemery B. 2009. High human exposure to cobalt and other metals in Katanga, a mining area of the democratic republic of Congo. Environ Res. 109:745–752.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Beschow H, Schulze J, Merbach W. 2000. Transfer of symbiotically fixed nitrogen in an alfalfa-grass mixture studied through isotope dilution in a pot experiment. Isot Environ Heal Stud. 36:21–33.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bierkens J, Holderbeke M, Cornelis C, Torfs R. 2011. Exposure through soil and dust ingestion. In: Swartjes FA, editor. Dealing with contaminated sites. Netherlands: Springer.
   Google Scholar
• Bossard M, Feranec J, Otahel J. 2000. CORINE Land Cover Technical Guide-Addendum 2000. Copenhagen: European Environment Agency. 104.
   Google Scholar
• Cappuyns V, Slabbinck E. 2012. Occurrence of vanadium in Belgian and European alluvial soils. Appl Environ Soil Sci. 2012:1–12. Article ID 979501.
   Google Scholar
• Chatterjee D, Datta SC, Manjaiah KM. 2015. Effect of citric acid treatment on release of phosphorus, aluminium and iron from three dissimilar soils of India. Arch Agron Soil Sci. 61:105–117.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cheyns K, Nkulu CBL, Ngombe LK, Asosa JN, Haufroid V, Putter T, Nawrot T, Kimpanga CM, Numbi OL, Ilunga BK, et al. 2014. Pathways of human exposure to cobalt in Katanga, a mining area of the D.R. Congo. Sci Total Environ. 490:313–321.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dounas A, Christodoulou G, Tsaila – Monopolis St. 1971. Geological Map of Greece, scale 1:50.000, Erithrai Sheet. Athens: Inst Geol and Subsurface Research.
   Google Scholar
• Gaitanakis P, Mettos A, Fytikas M, Tsaila – Monopolis St, Tsapralis V, Ioakim Ch. 1985. Geological Map of Greece, scale 1:50.000, Sofikon Sheet. Athens: Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration.
   Google Scholar
• Gamvroula D 2013. Environmental and Hydrogeochemical Research Study in the Megara Basin [ PhD thesis]. Athens: Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (in Greek with English summary); 324 p.
   Google Scholar
• Gamvroula D, Alexakis D, Stamatis G. 2013. Diagnosis of groundwater quality and assessment of contamination sources in the Megara basin (Attica, Greece). Arab J Geosci. 6:2367–2381.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hakanson L. 1980. An ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control. A sedimentological approach. Water Res. 14:975–1001.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kabata-Pendias A, Mukherjee AB. 2007. Trace elements from soil to human. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
   Google Scholar
• Karim Z, Qureshi BA. 2014. Health risk assessment of heavy metals in urban soil of Karachi, Pakistan. Human Ecol Risk Assess. 20:658–667.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaur N, Sharma S, Kaur S, Nayyar H. 2014. Selenium in agriculture: a nutrient or contaminant for crops? Arch Agron Soil Sci. 60:1593–1624.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kelepertsis A, Alexakis D, Kita I. 2001. Environmental geochemistry of soils and waters of Susaki area, Korinthos, Greece. Environ Geochem Health. 23:117–135.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kostandi S, Soliman MF, Beschow H, Merbach W. 2012. Rhizosphere effects of maize hybrids and N forms on Cd bioavailability in a limed soil. Arch Agron Soil Sci. 58:903–913.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krupadam RJ, Smita P, Wate SR. 2006. Geochemical fractionation of heavy metals in sediments of the Tapi estuary. Geochemical J. 40:513–522.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lar UA, Ngozi-Chika CS, Ashano EC. 2013. Human exposure to lead and other potentially harmful elements associated with galena mining at New Zurak, central Nigeria. J Afr Earth Sci. 84:13–19.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li P, Wu J, Qian H, Lyu X, Liu H. 2014. Origin and assessment of groundwater pollution and associated health risk: a case study in an industrial park, northwest China. Environ Geochem Health. 36:693–712.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luo X-S, Ding J, Xu B, Wang Y-J, Li H-B, Yu S. 2012. Incorporating bioaccessibility into human health risk assessments of heavy metals in urban park soils. Sci Total Environ. 424:88–96.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Momot O, Synzynys B. 2005. Toxic aluminium and heavy metals in groundwater of middle Russia: health risk assessment. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2:214–218.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Mukherjee B, Patra B, Mahapatra S, Banerjee P, Tiwari A, Chatterjee M. 2004. Vanadium - an element of a typical biological significance. Toxicol Lett. 150:135–143.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Müller G. 1979. Schwermetalle in den sedimenten des rheins-veranderungen seit 1971. Umschau. 79:778–783.
   Google Scholar
• Nchito M, Geissler PW, Mubila L, Friis H, Olsen A. 2004. Effects of iron and multimicronutrient supplementation on geophagy: a two-by-two factorial study among Zambian schoolchildren in Lusaka. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 98:218–227.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Papadopoulou-Vrynioti K, Alexakis D, Bathrellos G, Skilodimou H, Vryniotis D, Vassiliades E, Gamvroula D. 2013. Distribution of trace elements in stream sediments of Arta plain (western Hellas): the influence of geomorphological parameters. J Geochem Explor. 134:17–26.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ruby MV, Davis A, Schoof R, Eberle S, Sellstone CM. 1996. Estimation of lead and arsenic bioavailability using a physiologically based extraction test. Environ Sci Technol. 30:422–430.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Salminen R, Batista MJ, Bidovec M, Demetriades A, De Vivo B, De Vos W, Duris M, Gilucis A, Gregorauskiene V, Halamic J, et al. 2005. FOREGS geochemical atlas of Europe part 1. Background information, methodology and maps. Espoo: Geological Survey of Finland.
   Google Scholar
• Schäfer U. 2004. Manganese. In: Merian E, Anke M, Ihnat M, Stoeppler M, editors. Elements and their compounds in the environment. 2nd ed. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH; p. 901–930.
   Google Scholar
• Shi GL, Lou LQ, Zhang S, Xia XW, Cai QS. 2013. Arsenic, copper, and zinc contamination in soil and wheat during coal mining, with assessment of health risks for the inhabitants of Huaibei, China. Environ Sci Pollut Res. 20:8435–8445.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shi P, Xiao J, Wang Y, Chen L. 2014. Assessment of ecological and human health risks of heavy metal contamination in agriculture soils disturbed by pipeline construction. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 11:2504–2520.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Singh H, Singh P, Singh D. 2015. Chemical fractionation of heavy metals and nutrients in sludge and waste water generated by coca-cola soft drink industry. Arch Agron Soil Sci. 61:119–138.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Singh M, Ansari AA, Müller G, Singh IB. 1997. Heavy metals in freshly deposited sediments of the Gomati river (a tributary of the Ganga river): effects of human activities. Environ Geol. 29:246–252.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stamatis G, Alexakis D, Gamvroula D, Migiros G. 2011. Groundwater quality assessment in Oropos-Kalamos basin, Attica, Greece. Environ Earth Sci. 64:973–988.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Szteke B, Jedrzejczak R, Reczajska W. 2004. Iron and manganese in selected edible plants. Ann Nat Inst Hygiene. 55:21–27. Polish.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Turekian KK, Holland HD, editors. 2013. Treatise on geochemistry. 2nd ed. Waltham (MA): Elsevier.
   Google Scholar
• Turekian KK, Wedepohl KH. 1961. Distribution of the elements in some major units of the Earth’s crust. Geol Soc Am Bull. 72:175–192.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• [USDOE] United States Department of Energy. 2011. The risk assessment information system (RAIS). Oak Ridge (TN): U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Operations Office (ORO).
   Google Scholar
• [USEPA] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1989a. Risk assessment guidance for superfund (RAGS), volume I: human health evaluation manual (HHEM), part A—baseline risk assessment. interim final. Washington (DC): United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, ( EPA/540/1-89/002).
   Google Scholar
• [USEPA] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 1989b. Exposure factors handbook. Washington (DC): United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, ( EPA/600/8-89/43).
   Google Scholar
• [USEPA] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2002. Supplemental guidance for developing soil screening levels for superfund sites. Washington (DC): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response.
   Google Scholar
• [USEPA] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2005. Guidelines for carcinogen risk assessment. Washington (DC): United States Environmental Protection Agency, Risk Assessment Forum, ( EPA/630/P-03/001F).
   Google Scholar
• [USEPA] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2011a. Glossary of key terms [Internet]. [cited 2014 Oct 26]. Available from: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/natamain/gloss1.html
   Google Scholar
• [USEPA] United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2011b. Regional screening level table (RSL) for chemical contaminants at superfund sites. Washington (DC): U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
   Google Scholar
• Wei X, Gao B, Wang P, Zhou H, Lu J. 2015. Pollution characteristics and health risk assessment of heavy metals in street dusts from different functional areas in Beijing, China. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 112:186–192.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• [WHO] World Health Organization. 2006. World Health Report. Geneva: World Health Organization.
   Google Scholar
• Zhang H, Liu G, Shi W, Li J. 2014. Soil heavy metal contamination and risk assessment around the Fenhe reservoir, China. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 93:182–186.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar