Multi-element survey of allotment produce and soil in the UK

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 877-885

  Weeks, C A ^a   Brown, S N ^a   Vazquez, I ^a   Thomas, K ^a   Baxter, M ^a   Warriss, P D ^a   Knowles, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allotment; Arsenic; Cadmium; Copper; Lead; Mercury; Metals; Pollution; Soft fruit; Soil; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BLACK CURRANT; FRUIT; KALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RASPBERRY; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SPINACH; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRUIT; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; RURAL HEALTH; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; URBAN HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 34447332485     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701305462     Document Type: Article

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