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Health risk assessment of arsenic in soils from three thermal power plants in Southwest China

Yiping ZouSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, PR China;
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Yuhua LiSchool of Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University of Engineering Science, Guizhou, PR China;
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Lei HuDepartment of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
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Shan YangSchool of Chemical Engineering, Guizhou University of Engineering Science, Guizhou, PR China;
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Kai ZhangSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, PR China;
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Jiani KangSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, PR China;
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Shenwei ZhaoSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, PR China;
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Jialin LiuSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, PR China;
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Linying YaoSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, PR China;
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Jianli JiaSchool of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing, PR China; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 1221-1233 | Received 10 Oct 2018, Accepted 18 Dec 2018, Published online: 07 Feb 2019

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