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Clear differences were found in the concentrations of heavy metals in edible parts of the different vegetables. The concentrations of heavy metals decreased in the sequence as leafy vegetables &gt; stalk vegetables\/root vegetables\/solanaceous vegetables &gt; legume vegetables\/melon vegetables. The ability of leafy vegetables to uptake and accumulate heavy metals was the highest, and that of melon vegetables was the lowest. This indicated that the low accumulators (melon vegetables) were suitable for being planted on contaminated soil, while the high accumulators (leafy vegetables) were unsuitable. In Shizhuyuan area, China, the total THQ values of adults and children through consumption of vegetables were 4.12 and 5.41, respectively, suggesting that the residents may be facing health risks due to vegetable consumption, and that children were vulnerable to the adverse effects of heavy metal ingestion.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph13030289","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,4]],"date-time":"2016-03-04T10:53:34Z","timestamp":1457088814000},"page":"289","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":431,"title":["Accumulation of Heavy Metals in Vegetable Species Planted in Contaminated Soils and the Health Risk Assessment"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Hang","family":"Zhou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wen-Tao","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"},{"name":"Department of Environmental Science, Changsha Environmental Protection College, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiao-Feng","family":"Gu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wen-Lei","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Science, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jia-Ling","family":"Zou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tao","family":"Tian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pei-Qin","family":"Peng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bo-Han","family":"Liao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha 410004, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,3,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2074","DOI":"10.1038\/sj.ki.5001809","article-title":"Lead-related nephrotoxicity: A review of the epidemiologic evidence","volume":"70","author":"Ekong","year":"2006","journal-title":"Kidney Int."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"177","DOI":"10.1289\/ehp.93100177","article-title":"Lead Toxicity: Current Concerns","volume":"100","author":"Goyer","year":"1993","journal-title":"Environ. 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