Comparison of cadmium and lead content of vegetable crops grown in urban and suburban gardens

Environmental Pollution. Series B, Chemical and Physical

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 71-80

  Hibben, Craig R ^a   Hagar, Silas S ^a   Mazza, Charles P ^b  

^a Brooklyn Botanical Garden   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS - CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; LEAD COMPOUNDS;

HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS;

CADMIUM; LEAD;

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGHER PLANT; NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

CADMIUM; LEAD.;

EID: 0021613482     PISSN: 0143148X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0143-148X(84)90038-7     Document Type: Article

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