Heavy metals in vegetables collected from production and market sites of a tropical urban area of India

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 583-591

  Sharma, Rajesh Kumar ^a   Agrawal, Madhoolika ^a   Marshall, Fiona M ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily intake; EU; Heavy metals; PFA; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BEET; CABBAGE; CAULIFLOWER; CROP PRODUCTION; DIETARY INTAKE; INDIA; MARKET; OKRA; SOIL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

COMMERCE; INDIA; METALS, HEAVY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VEGETABLES;

ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS; BETA VULGARIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 59349092786     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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