Cadmium, lead and mercury in fresh and boiled leafy vegetables grown in Lagos, Nigeria

Environmental Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1367-1370

  Bakare, S ^a   Denloye, A A B ^a   Olaniyan, F O ^a  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Heavy metals; Lead; Leafy vegetables; Manure; Mercury; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; LEAD; MANURES; MERCURY (METAL); MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SOILS; VEGETABLES; WATER; WATER ABSORPTION;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CADMIUMS (CD); COMPOSITE SAMPLES; FRESH VEGETABLES; IRRIGATION WATERS; LEAFY VEGETABLES; MERCURIES (HG); PRIME-FOCUS;

CADMIUM;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; VEGETABLE;

ACIDITY; AMARANTHUS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEAFY VEGETABLE; LETTUCE; MANURE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT GROWTH; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; LAGOS [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13844253612     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332508618465     Document Type: Article

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