Chinahas experienced rapid socioeconomic and epidemiological changes over the past 30 years, which led to a vast increase in energy consumption and serious environment pollution. Among the different types of pollution, heavy metal pollution becomes one of the major environmental concerns in China.
A large amount of metals have been released into the environment due to mineral processing activities, and have significant health implications for occupational workers and general populations resulting from environmental pollution. Exposure to metal and metal compounds can result in a variety of adverse effects on human health, although we do not fully Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.
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How often will they be followed up? What has been measured? What has it found? Key findings and publications. What are the main strengths and weaknesses? Can I get hold of the data? Where can I find out more? Oxford Academic. Google Scholar. Aimin Yang. Huangquan Pu. Min Dai. Ning Cheng. Jiao Ding. Juansheng Li. Haiyan Li. Xiaobin Hu. Xiaowei Ren. Jie He. Tongzhang Zheng. Cite Citation. Permissions Icon Permissions. Issue Section:. Download all figures.
