Concentrations of mercury, cadmium, lead and copper in fruiting bodies of edible mushrooms in an emission area of a copper smelter and a mercury smelter

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 246, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-67

  Svoboda, L ^a   Zimmermannova K ^b   Kalac P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b Faculty of Education   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Copper smelter vicinity; Edible mushrooms; Heavy metals; Lead; Mercury; Mercury smelter vicinity

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; FRUIT; MINING; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES;

AGARICALES; CADMIUM; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MERCURY; METALS, HEAVY;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOLETACEAE; BOLETUS RETICULATUS; LYCOPERDON PERLATUM; MARASMIUS OREADES; OREADES; XEROCOMUS CHRYSENTERON;

EID: 0033976968     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00411-8     Document Type: Article

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