Page 1/25 Potential toxic elements (PTEs) in costal sediment of the Persian Gulf: A systematic review-meta-analysis, non-dietary risk Assessment and ecological risk assessment Xiaomei Hui China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University Amir Mohammad Sheikh Asadi Germany Federal Financial Administration Education and Science Center Münster: Bildungs- und Wissenschaftszentrum der Bundesnanzverwaltung Yadolah Fakhri ( Ya.fakhri@gmail.com ) Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences School of Health https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3579-7641 Fereshteh Mehri Hamedan University of Medical Sciences Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Intissar Limam Tunis El Manar University: Universite de Tunis El Manar Van Nam Thai Vietnam National University Hanoi Research Article Keywords: Heavy Metals, Coastal Sediment, Risk Assessment, Meta-Analysis, Persian Gulf Posted Date: December 20th, 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2277311/v1 License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Version of Record: A version of this preprint was published at Environmental Science and Pollution Research on April 25th, 2023. See the published version at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26949-8.