Arsenic and heavy metal contamination of vegetables grown in Samta village, Bangladesh

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 308, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 83-96

  Alam, M G M ^a   Snow, E T ^a   Tanaka, A ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bangladesh; Heavy metals; ICP AES; ICP MS; Phyto accumulation; Samta Village; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IRRIGATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOILS; WATER WELLS;

VEGETABLES;

VEGETATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; DRY WEIGHT; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEGETABLES; WATER SUPPLY;

BANGLADESH;

BENINCASA HISPIDA; CARICA PAPAYA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; CUCURBITA; ELEPHANT; SERPENTES; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0038077361     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00651-4     Document Type: Article

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