Assessment of essential and toxic elements in some kinds of vegetables

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-260

  Mohamed, A E ^a   Rashed, M N ^a   Mofty, A ^b  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ECOTOXICOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENT; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUBERGINE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSAFETY; CABBAGE; CARROT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUCUMBER; DATA BASE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LEEK; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; ONION; PARSLEY; PEPPER; POTATO; SAUDI ARABIA; SOIL; SPINACH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; WATERCRESS;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM PORRUM; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA PEPO SUBSP. PEPO; DAUCUS CAROTA; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0037503861     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0147-6513(03)00026-5     Document Type: Article

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