Market basket survey for some heavy metals in Egyptian fruits and vegetables

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1273-1278

  Radwan, Mohamed A ^a   Salama, Ahmed K ^a  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Daily intake; Food; Fruits; Heavy metals; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONSUMER; CUCUMBER; DATE (FRUIT); FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; MARKET; SPINACH; STRAWBERRY; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CADMIUM; COPPER; EGYPT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMANS; LEAD; METALS, HEAVY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; VEGETABLES; ZINC;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 33745196430     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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