Cadmium contamination in orchard soils and fruit trees and its potential health risk in Guangzhou, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 159-165

  Li, J T ^a   Qiu, J W ^b   Wang, X W ^a   Zhong, Y ^a   Lan, C Y ^a   Shu, W S ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accumulator; Cadmium; Fruits; Health risk

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATOR; CARAMBOLA; ORCHARD SOILS; TOLERANCE LIMIT;

CADMIUM; CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; FORESTRY; FRUITS; HEALTH HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; SOILS; TISSUE;

ORCHARDS;

CADMIUM;

ACCUMULATION; CADMIUM; HEALTH RISK; SOIL; TREE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; FOOD; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; ORCHARD; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SOIL POLLUTION; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CADMIUM; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RISK; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TREES;

CADMIUM; FRUITS; HAZARDS; ORCHARDS; POLLUTION; TOLERANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

AVERRHOA CARAMBOLA; CLAUSENA LANSIUM; DIMOCARPUS LONGAN;

EID: 33646410932     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.10.016     Document Type: Article

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