Potential use of Solanum melongena in agricultural areas with high mercury background concentrations

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2143-2149

  Sierra, M J ^a   Millan R ^a   Esteban, E ^b  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop; Eggplant; Greenhouse; Mercury; Uptake

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; AUBERGINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOOD INTAKE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RURAL AREA; SOIL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FRUIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SPAIN;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 42749096859     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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