Heavy Metal Pollution in Surface Soils of Ahvaz, Iran, Using Pollution Indicators and Health Risk Assessment

نویسندگان
Nazarpour, Ahad ID 1
Ghanavati, Navid ID 2
Boroujerdnia, Afsaneh ID 3
Mohammadi Roozbahani, Maryam ID 4
Payandeh, Khoshnaz ID 5

1 Department of Geology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.

2 Department of Soil Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

3 Department of Environmental Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

4 Department of Environmental Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

5 Department of Soil Sciences, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran

doi
10.52547/ArchHygSci.9.4.299
چکیده

Background & Aims of the Study: Heavy metals are among the most dangerous environmental pollutants entering the air, water, and soil through human and natural activities with the potential of poisoning, pathogenicity, and carcinogenicity to living organisms and humans. The current study aimed to determine the contamination of heavy metals, ...

کلیدواژه‌ها
Enrichment factor, Heavy metals, Health risk assessment, Ahvaz, Iran.