Assessment of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in 10 samples of Iranian and foreign consumed tea leaves and dissolved beverages

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 879-883

  Shokrzadeh, M ^a   Saberyan, M ^a   Saeedi Saravi, S S ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cadmium; Lead; Tea infusion; Tea leaves

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BEVERAGES; CADMIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CURING; DISSOLUTION; FILTRATION; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METAL RECOVERY; NITRIC ACID; OVENS; SOLUTIONS; STOVES; WATER ANALYSIS;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASSESSMENT; AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; BOILING WATERS; CD LEVELS; DISTILLED WATERS; HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS; HOT PLATES; HUMAN HEALTHS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; ROOM TEMPERATURES; TEA INFUSION; TEA LEAVES; TEA SAMPLES; TEA SOLUTIONS; WATER SOLUTIONS;

POLLUTION;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CADMIUM; DISSOLUTION; FOOD QUALITY; LEAD; LEAF; TEA;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 56249122630     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240701770731     Document Type: Article

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