Heavy metals in selected edible vegetables and estimation of their daily intake in Sanandaj, Iran

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Maleki, Afshin ^a   Zarasvand, Masoud Alasvand ^a  

^a KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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EID: 42349086512     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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