Heavy metals in industrial wastewater, soil and vegetables in Lohta village, India

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-257

  Rai, Prabhat Kumar ^a   Tripathi, B D ^a  

^a MIZORAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Irrigation; Vegetables; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SOILS;

IRRIGATION WATER; VEGETABLES; WINTER SEASONS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DICOTYLEDON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FIELDWORK; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; IRRIGATION; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; LOHTA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRASSICACEAE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 41649106253     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240701458584     Document Type: Article

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