Heavy metal contamination in vegetables grown in wastewater irrigated areas of Varanasi, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 312-318

  Sharma, R K ^a   Agrawal, M ^a   Marshall, F ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; INDIA; SOIL; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDIA; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL; VEGETABLES; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33748799990     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1065-0     Document Type: Article

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