Monitoring of pesticides and heavy metals in cucumber fruits produced from different farming systems

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 601-609

  Mansour, Sameeh A ^a   Belal, Mohamed H ^b   Abou Arab, Asem A K ^a   Gad, Marwa F ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Farming systems; Heavy metals; Pesticide residues

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS METHYLS; CUCUMBER; FARMING SYSTEMS; FOOD COMMODITIES; GREENHOUSE CUCUMBERS; HEAVY METAL ANALYSIS; HEAVY- METAL CONTAMINATIONS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HUMAN DIETS; METHAMIDOPHOS; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDES; PESTICIDE RESIDUES;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHROMIUM; GREENHOUSES; INSECTICIDES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; ZINC;

POLLUTION;

1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; CADMIUM; CHLORPYRIFOS METHYL; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEAVY METAL; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; IRON; LEAD; LINDANE; MANGANESE; METHAMIDOPHOS; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHORATE; THIOMETON; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FARMING SYSTEM; HCH; HEAVY METAL; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION MONITORING; VINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CUCUMBER; EGYPT; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREENHOUSE; ORGANIC FARMING; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGRICULTURE; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; METALS, HEAVY; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SEASONS;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 63749124907     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.058     Document Type: Article

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