TY - JOUR AU - Vineethkumar, V. AU - Sayooj, V. V. AU - Shimod, K. P. AU - Prakash, V. PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/02 TI - Estimation of pollution indices and hazard evaluation from trace elements concentration in coastal sediments of Kerala, Southwest Coast of India JO - Bulletin of the National Research Centre SP - 198 VL - 44 IS - 1 AB - The environment is always subjected to exposure from different natural and anthropogenic sources of trace elements. The excessive intake of these trace elements may become toxic and cause health disorders to the people when the concentration exceeds certain threshold limits. The measurement of trace elements concentration in general and toxic trace elements concentration in particular is important for the assessment and prediction of risk to the environment and public. Distribution of trace elements in various environmental matrices depends on the nature of the element itself and the site-specific characteristics such as type of the matrices and its physicochemical parameters. In view of these aspects, an attempt is made to assess the concentration of trace elements and pollution indices in the sediment samples collected from the coastal belt of Kerala and possible conclusions were drawn. SN - 2522-8307 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s42269-020-00455-0 DO - 10.1186/s42269-020-00455-0 ID - Vineethkumar2020 ER -