Determination of cadmium, lead, copper and zinc in Yemeni khat by anodic stripping voltammetry

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 28-36

  Matloob, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BABYLON   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ORGANIC MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

AGRICULTURE; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YEMEN; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTUCE; METHODOLOGY; ONION; PARSLEY; POLAROGRAPHY; RADISH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; CADMIUM; CALIBRATION; CATHA; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; LEAD; LETTUCE; NUTRITION POLICY; ONIONS; PETROSELINUM; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POLAROGRAPHY; RAPHANUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VEGETABLES; YEMEN; ZINC;

EID: 16544364646     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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