Heavy metal accumulation in vegetables irrigated with water from different sources

Food Chemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 811-815

  Arora, Monu ^a   Kiran, Bala ^b   Rani, Shweta ^a   Rani, Anchal ^a   Kaur, Barinder ^a   Mittal, Neeraj ^a  

^a Maharishi Dayanand College   (India)

^b GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Daily intake; Heavy metal; Plant uptake; Wastewater irrigation

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CARROT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; SPINACH; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

DAUCUS CAROTA; MENTHA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 46749110688     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.04.049     Document Type: Article

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