Levels of selected heavy metals in black tea varieties consumed in Saudi Arabia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-104

  Ashraf, Waqar ^a   Mian, Atiq A ^b  

^a PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Black tea; Heavy metals; ICP; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MEDIA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER PAIRS; CORRELATION STUDIES; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY (ICP-AES); METAL CONTENTS; PB CONCENTRATION; SAFETY STANDARDS; SAUDI ARABIA; SPRINGER (CO); STRONG CORRELATIONS; TEA SAMPLES;

ALUMINUM; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMIUM; COBALT ALLOYS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COPPER; CORRELATION METHODS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IRON; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; NICKEL; PHOTORESISTS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD INTAKE; SAUDI ARABIA; TEA; THEA NIGRA;

METALS, HEAVY; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TEA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 46249101562     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9402-0     Document Type: Article

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