Contamination of two edible Agaricus spp. mushrooms growing in a town with cadmium, lead, and mercury

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-130

  Svoboda, L ^a   Kalac P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; SOIL POLLUTION; TRAFFIC;

AGARICUS; CADMIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LEAD; MERCURY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

AGARICUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 0038354575     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0138-6     Document Type: Article

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