Lead and cadmium in Ethiopian vegetables

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-33

  Rahlenbeck, S I ^a   Burberg, A ^b   Zimmermann, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOACCUMULATION; ETHIOPIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAD POISONING;

CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHIOPIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; VEGETABLES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0032931736     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900837     Document Type: Article

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