Heavy metal contamination of soil, and bioaccumulation in vegetables irrigated with treated waste water in the tropical city of Varanasi, India

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 861-871

  Mishra, Archana ^a   Tripathi, Brahma Dutt ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Contamination factor; Enrichment factor; Heavy metal; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMIUM; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; HEAVY WATER; IRRIGATION; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; METALS; POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; ZINC;

ACCUMULATION; BRASSICA OLERACEA; CONTAMINATION FACTOR; ENRICHMENT FACTOR; HEAVY- METAL CONTAMINATIONS; IN PLANTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LOWER CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL ENRICHMENTS; PERMISSIBLE LIMITS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEWAGE IRRIGATIONS; TOXIC METALS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; VARANASI;

BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 56249148575     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240701740197     Document Type: Article

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