Heavy metals in edible green vegetables grown along the sites of the Zanjanrood River in Zanjan, Iran

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 943-948

  Eslami, A ^a   Khaniki, Gholam Reza Jahed ^b   Nurani, M ^a   Mehrasbi, M ^a   Peyda, M ^a   Azimi, R ^a  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Daily intake; Edible green vegetables; Heavy metals; Zanjanrood River

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BASIL; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HARVESTING; IRAN; LEEK; NONHUMAN; PARSLEY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RADISH; RIVER; VEGETABLE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ALLIUM AMPELOPRASUM; ALLIUM PORRUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 34948897057     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2007.943.948     Document Type: Article

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