Total arsenic, lead, and cadmium levels in vegetables cultivated at the Andean villages of northern Chile

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 255, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 75-84

  Queirolo, F ^a   Stegen, S ^a   Restovic, M ^a   Paz, M ^a   Ostapczuk, P ^b   Schwuger, M J ^b   Munoz L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c Chilean Commn Nucl Ener A   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andean; Arsenic (As); Cadmium (Cd); Chile; Lead (Pb); South America; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ALFALFA; ARTICLE; BEAN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILE; DIGESTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MAIZE; POLLUTION; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VEGETABLE;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHILE; DIET; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LEAD; VEGETABLES;

CHILE;

ALLIUM CEPA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034622026     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00450-2     Document Type: Article

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