Accumulation of heavy metals in water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica) cultivated in the Bangkok region, Thailand

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1934-1939

  Göthberg, Agneta ^a   Greger, Maria ^a   Bengtsson, Bengt Erik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Heavy metals; Ipomoea aquatica; Mercury; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; HEALTH; WASTEWATER;

WATER SPINACH;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOACCUMULATION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTOXICATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAILAND; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SPINACH; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IPOMOEA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; IPOMOEA; METALS, HEAVY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THAILAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

THAILAND;

IPOMOEA AQUATICA;

EID: 0036707685     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620210922     Document Type: Article

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