Heavy metals contamination in vegetables grown in urban and metal smelter contaminated sites in Australia

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 101-123

  Kachenko, Anthony George ^a   Singh, Balwant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Guidelines; Heavy metals; Transfer coefficients; Uptake

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; SMELTING; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

GUIDELINES; TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; UPTAKE;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETABLE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; SAMPLE; SMELTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; STANDARD; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WEIGHT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 29844443391     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-2027-1     Document Type: Article

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