Arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, and copper in different types of Chinese tea

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 272-277

  Han, W Y ^a   Shi, Y Z ^a   Ma, L F ^a   Ruan, J Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; FLUORINE; HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRY WEIGHT; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SAFETY; TEA; URBANIZATION;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; TEA;

EID: 26644448979     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0748-2     Document Type: Article

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