Element contents and food safety of water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.) cultivated with wastewater in Hanoi, Vietnam

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 77-91

  Marcussen, Helle ^a,b   Joergensen, Karin ^a   Holm, Peter E ^a   Brocca, Daniela ^c   Simmons, Robert W ^d   Dalsgaard, Anders ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Food safety; Hanoi; Multi element; Soil; Toxic metals; Vietnam; Wastewater; Water spinach

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ORGANIC CARBON; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER;

ELEMENT CONTENTS; FOOD SAFETY; TOXIC METALS; WATER SPINACH;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ORGANIC CARBON; THALLIUM; ZINC;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; FRESH WEIGHT; HEALTH HAZARD; PH; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPINACH; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VIET NAM; WASTE WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; IPOMOEA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIETNAM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; HANOI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

IPOMOEA AQUATICA;

EID: 40549086601     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9817-9     Document Type: Article

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