Risk assessment of metals from consuming vegetables, fruits and rice grown on soils irrigated with waters of the Ebro River in Catalonia, Spain

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 66-79

  Ferré Huguet, Núria ^a   Martí Cid, Roser ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Fruit and rice; Health risks; Metals; Tarragona Province (Catalonia, Spain); Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; FRESH WATER; METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; VEGETABLE; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CITRUS RETICULATA; CYNARA SCOLYMUS; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS;

FRESH WATER; FRUIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; ORYZA SATIVA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 48449100543     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-008-8113-z     Document Type: Article

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