Aluminium and fluoride concentrations of three tea varieties growing at Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-232

  Fung, K F ^a   Zhang, Z Q ^b   Wong, J W C ^a   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Assam; Camellia sinensis; China; Tea plantation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FLUORIDE;

TEA;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HONG KONG; PLANT LEAF; TEA;

AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM; CAMELLIA; FLUORIDES; HONG KONG; PLANT LEAVES; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0038209231     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023233226620     Document Type: Article

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