An innovative modeling approach of linking land use patterns with soil antibiotic contamination in peri-urban areas

• Published in: Environment international Vol. 134; p. 105327
• Main Authors: Zhao, Fangkai, Chen, Liding, Yen, Haw, Li, Gang, Sun, Long, Yang, Lei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: agricultural land; antibiotic residues; Antibiotics; human health; Land use; Modeling; risk; roads; Soil; soil ecosystems; Spatial distribution; statistical models; uncertainty; Soil; Spatial distribution; Antibiotics; Modeling; Land use

[Display omitted] •Soil antibiotic contamination was linked with land use pattern in peri-urban areas.•A land use-based model was developed to simulate the distribution of antibiotics in soil.•Residual levels of antibiotics in soils were predicted with acceptable accuracy.•The model framework is wid...