Toxic Heavy Metal Contents of Food Materials Consumed by the Population in Tubewell and Sewage Water Irrigated Areas

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 543-546

  Setia, Kiranjit ^a   Kawatra, B L ^a   Hira, C K ^a   Mann, S K ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cooked food material; Food crops; Heavy metals; Sewage and tubewell water irrigated areas; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542396533     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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