Comparison of concentrations of mercury in ambient air to its accumulation by leafy vegetables: An important step in terrestrial food chain analysis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1337-1341

  De Temmerman, Ludwig ^a   Waegeneers, Nadia ^a   Claeys, Natacha ^b   Roekens, Edward ^b  

^a VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Leafy vegetables; Mercury; Total gaseous mercury (TGM)

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; BIOLOGICAL DETECTIONS; BIOMONITORING; CHLOR-ALKALI PLANTS; DETECTION LIMITS; FOOD CHAINS; LEAFY VEGETABLES; MERCURY; MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY IN AMBIENT AIRS; TOTAL GASEOUS MERCURY (TGM);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); TRACE ANALYSIS;

MERCURY (METAL);

AMBIENT AIR; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; GRASS; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALLIUM; BRASSICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LETTUCE; MERCURY; PLANT LEAVES; VEGETABLES;

LACTUCA;

EID: 61449190640     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.035     Document Type: Article

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